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• Head-start

  noun 1. an advantage given or acquired in any competition, endeavor, etc., as allowing one or more competitors in a race to start before the others. noun 1. an initial advantage in a competitive situation An early start that confers an advantage, as in This year we’ll get a head start on the competition by […]

• Head station

  noun 1. (Austral) the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm

• Headstay

  [hed-stey] /ˈhɛdˌsteɪ/ noun 1. (on a sailing vessel) a leading forward from the of the foremost mast to the stem or the end of the bowsprit.

• Headstock

  [hed-stok] /ˈhɛdˌstɒk/ noun 1. the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe. /ˈhɛdˌstɒk/ noun 1. the part of a machine that supports and transmits the drive to the chuck Compare tailstock 2. the wooden or metal block […]

• Headstone

  [hed-stohn] /ˈhɛdˌstoʊn/ noun 1. a marker set at the of a grave; gravestone. /ˈhɛdˌstəʊn/ noun 1. a memorial stone at the head of a grave 2. (architect) another name for keystone n. c.1400, “cornerstone,” from head (adj.) + stone (n.). Meaning “upright stone at the head of a grave” is 1775, from head (n.).

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