1. Noun
One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.
2. Noun
One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader.
3. Noun
A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
4. Noun
In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.
5. Noun
A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.
6. Noun
A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header.
7. Noun
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
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8. Noun
a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
9. Noun
a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
10. Noun
horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
Vocabulary classified under Engineering
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