{ } n. A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Dull-witted; stupid. “The addle-brained Oberstein.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + head. ] 1. In or to the front; in advance; onward. [ 1913 Webster ]

The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Headlong; without restraint. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [ Colloq ] --
To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an airheaded person. [ disparaging ] [ PJC ]

adj. 1. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; scatterbrained; stupid; simple-minded; as, airheaded teenagers. Contrasted with serious, solemn
Syn. -- dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. Sagittaria sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person whose head is bald. 2 Kings ii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A white-headed variety of pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

, a. Having a bald head; lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; -- alsp called bald and bald-pated; as, a bald-headed gentleman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ }, a. & adv. Having the head uncovered; as, a bareheaded girl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held to allow aditional troops and supplies to enter.
Syn. -- bridgehead, foothold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Arch.) An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) A small platform at the fore part of the upper deck of a vessel, which contains the water closets of the crew. (b) (Antiq.) Same as Beak, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beastly + -head state. ] Beastliness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beetle a mallet + head. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dull; stupid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beheaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beheading. ] [ OE. bihefden, AS. beheáfdian; pref. be- + heáfod head. See Head. ] To sever the head from; to take off the head of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Beheading. [ Modern ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The scaup duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Block + head. ] A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid; dull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blunder + head. ] A stupid, blundering fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The head of a bolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person of low intelligence; a dunce; a blockhead; -- used deprecatingly to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence or capabilities.
Syn. -- dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. very stupid; -- used of people or actions. [ informal ] -- bone"head*ed*ness, n.
Syn. -- blockheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed. [WordNet 1.5]

n. (Zool.), small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Syn. -- shovelhead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Headborough. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus Globicephalus, and one or more species of Hyperoödon (Hyperoödon bidens, etc.), found on the European coast. See Blackfish, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Goodness; generosity. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balæna mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tête-de-pont. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a broad head. [ Narrower terms: brachycephalic (vs. dolichocephalic), brachycranal, brachycranic ]
Syn. -- roundheaded, short-headed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a head like a buckler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The head of a buffer, which recieves the concussion, in railroad carriages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Buffle + head. ] 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What makes you stare so, bufflehead? Plautus (trans. 1694). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bulk part of a building. ] 1. (Naut.) A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; -- usually, the harbor line. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a head shaped like a bullet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. Uranidea gobio of Europe, and Uranidea Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's thumb. (b) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout. (c) A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead. (b) The golden plover. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stupid fellow; a lubber. [ Colloq. ] Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A small black water insect. E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bullhead whiting (Zool.), the kingfish of Florida (Menticirrus alburnus). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. resolute adherence to one's own ideas or desires.
Syn. -- stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Naut.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [ Low ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. Marsion [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. “He was laborious and clear-headed.” Macaulay.

-- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced. [ 1913 Webster ]