Headers

[hed-er] /ˈhɛd ər/

noun
1.
a person or thing that removes or puts a head on something.
2.
a reaping machine that cuts off and gathers only the heads of the grain.
3.
a chamber to which the ends of a number of tubes are connected so that water or steam may pass freely from one tube to the other.
4.
Automotive. an exhaust manifold.
5.
Building Trades.

6.
Informal. a plunge or dive headfirst, as into water:
He stumbled and took a header into the ditch.
7.
Soccer. a pass or shot made by heading the ball.
8.
a sign that is part of or attached to the top of a rack displaying merchandise.
9.
Computers. a line of information placed at the top of a page for purposes of identification.
/ˈhɛdə/
noun
1.
Also called header tank. a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
2.
a manifold for distributing a fluid supply amongst a number of passages
3.
a machine that trims the heads from castings, forgings, etc, or one that forms heads, as in wire, to make nails
4.
a person who operates such a machine
5.
a brick or stone laid across a wall so that its end is flush with the outer surface Compare stretcher (sense 5)
6.
the action of striking a ball with the head
7.
(informal) a headlong fall or dive
8.
(computing)

9.
(dialect) a mentally unbalanced person
n.

“head-first dive or plunge,” 1849, from head (n.); as a type of pass or shot with the head in soccer, by 1906.

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