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[Eng. head, and line.] 1. Print .: The top line of a page in which the running title and folio are given, or the subject of the chapter or page. 2. Naut .: One of the ropes at the head of a sail, by which it is made fast to the yards. head'-lõng, *head'-ling, *hed-ling, *hed-lyng, *hed-lynges, *heed-ling, *he-ved-lynge, adv . & a. [Eng. head, and suff -long ; A. S. lung a , as in grund - lung a =from the ground.] A. As adverb : 1. With the head first or foremost; head-foremost. "Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky." Milton: P. L., i. 45. 2. With violence or force; violently; precipitately. "Foyers came headlong down through the birch wood." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii. 3. Hastily; without delay or respite. 4. Rashly, inconsiderately, precipitately, without deliberation. "Difficulties and dangers into which he was running headlong."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. B. As adjective : IMG:content-1044.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A machine for forming the heads of pins. 3. Coopering: A machine for making heads of casks. The middle piece and cants are jointed and doweled together and placed between two circular discs so arranged upon lathe mandrels that the stock from which the head is to be cut is placed between the heads and clamped by screwing up the loose mandrel; when the heads are revolved, the heading pa es between two adjustable arms, having the tools that cut the head to the desired diameter, and bevel the edge at the same time. heading-tool, s. Forg.: A tool used in swaging heads on stems of bolts. The rod is run through the hole of the required form and size, and the projecting portion is upset or hammered down, forming a knob. This is brought to shape by a swage. head-land, *head-lond, *hev-ed-lond, subst. [Eng. head, and land.] 1. A point of land projecting into the sea; a cape, a promontory, a head. "Pious seamen, as they pa ed, Have toward that holy headland cast Oblations." Moore: Fire-Worshipers. 2. A ridge or strip of unemployed land near a fence, or at the end of furrows.