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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[AS.

heáfodleás

Having no head; beheaded;

as, a

headless

body, neck, or carcass

Destitute of a chief or leader.

Sir W. Raleigh.

Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate; mindless.

[Obs.]

Witless headiness in judging or

headless

hardiness in condemning.

Spenser.

Adj.

hed'less. Having no head; beheaded; as a headless body, neck or carcass.

Destitute of a chief or leader.

Destitute of understanding or prudence; rash; obstinate.