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noun

Header n.

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. (R.)

(Arch.)

(a)

A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

(b)

In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.

A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

A fall or plunge head first, as while riding a bicycle, or a skateboard, or in bathing; sometimes, implying the striking of the head on the ground; as, to take a header. (Colloq.)

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"Header" Quotes from Famous Books

... that she loves him. To set his mind at rest on this point, will she do him a small favour? Will she be so good as to jump into the mill-stream, and drown herself? With pleasure—and she takes a header! He explains that courtesy forbids him to keep a lady waiting, and follows her example! So both are drowned, and all ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100. March 14, 1891. • Various

... not a "three-skysail-yarder" among them could compare with the CACHALOT. And I was extremely glad that my passage round the Horn was to be in my own ship, and not in a long, snaky tank that, in the language of the sailor, takes a header when she gets outside the harbour, and only comes up two or three times to blow ...

— The Cruise of the Cachalot - Round the World After Sperm Whales • Frank T. Bullen

... man's religion is one thing, and this practical world quite another. This world pays dividends. Rising from a little cabin-boy in short clothes of the drabbest drab, to a harpooneer in a broad shad-bellied waistcoat; from that becoming boat-header, chief-mate, and captain, and finally a ship-owner; Bildad, as I hinted before, had concluded his adventurous career by wholly retiring from active life at the goodly age of sixty, and dedicating his remaining days to the quiet receiving of his well-earned income. Now Bildad, I am sorry ...

— Moby-Dick • Melville

... and shook and exchanged confidences about how we had covered the ground between Reno and Ogden. I had closed my eyes for only an hour or so the previous night, and the blind was not comfortable enough to suit me for a snooze. At a stop, I went forward to the engine. We had on a "double-header" (two engines) to ...

— The Road • Jack London

... with limited provisions and an unknown journey in front of us. He did exert himself sufficiently on one occasion, however, to dive overboard and capture a turtle. He was sitting moodily in the prow of the boat as usual one afternoon, when suddenly he jumped up, and with a yell took a header overboard, almost capsizing our heavily laden boat. At first I thought he must have gone mad, but on heaving to, I saw him some little distance away in the water struggling with a turtle. He managed to get it on its back after a time, and though ...

— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont

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