Part 753

Head"strong` (-strng`; 115), a. 1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn.

Now let the headstrong boy my will control.

Dryden.

2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy; as, a headstrong course. Dryden.

Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; untractable; stubborn; unruly; venturesome; heady.

Head"strong`ness, n. Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.

Head"tire` (-tr`), n. 1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1 Esdras iii. 6.

2. The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.

Head"way` (-w`), n. 1. The progress made by a ship in motion; hence, progress or success of any kind.

2. (Arch.) Clear space under an arch, girder, and the like, sufficient to allow of easy passing underneath.

Head"work` (-w˚rk`), n. Mental labor.

Head"y, (hd"), a. [From Head.] 1. Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

All the talent required is to be hot, to be heady, -- to be violent on one side or the other.

Sir W. Temple.

2. Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong.

The liquor is too heady.

Dryden.

3. Violent; impetuous. "A heady currance." Shak.

Heal, (hl), v. t. [See Hele.] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [Obs.]

Heal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Healed (hld); p. pr. & vb. n. Healing.] [OE. helen, hÊlen, AS. hlan, fr. hl hale, sound, whole; akin to OS. hlian, D. heelen, G. heilen, Goth. hailjan. See Whole.] 1. To make hale, sound, or whole; to cure of a disease, wound, or other derangement; to restore to soundness or health.

Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

Matt. viii. 8.

2. To remove or subdue; to cause to pass away; to cure; -- said of a disease or a wound.

I will heal their backsliding.

Hos. xiv. 4.

3. To restore to original purity or integrity.

Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters.

2 Kings ii. 21.