headway

(hed’wa), n. 1. Motion ahead or for- ward; force or amount of such motion; rate of progre : said specifically of a ship, but applied to all kinds of progre , literally or figaeee uratively. The engines [of a steamer] are first “slowed,” then stopped, and finally backed, if nece ary; when the headway ceases, the anchor is let go. Hamersly, Naval Encye., p. 35. My Lord Derby and his friends seem to think Democracy has made, and is making, dangerous headway. W. Phillips, Speeches, p. 104. 2. In arch., clear space in height, as from a floor to a ceiling, or from the ground to the erown of an arch; specifically, the awe dicular distance from any step or landing of — a stair to the ceiling.—3. In coal-mining, a eine ge (North. Eng.]—To fetch headway. See fe. oi 95 2753 6 aord (hed’ werd), n. Aword put asa title —— (hél), n. [Also dial. hale;