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Webster 1913 Edition


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Head′er

(hĕd′ẽr)
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Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
2.
One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
[R.]
3.
(Arch.)
(a)
A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
(b)
In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.
4.
A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

Webster 1828 Edition


Header

HEADER

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Noun.
hed'er. One who heads nails or pins.
1.
One who leads a mob or party.
2.
The first brick in the angle of a wall.