"heading" Definition

Definitions for the word "heading" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. p. pr. & vb. n.
of Head
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 a title at the head of a page or section of a book etc. B section of a subject of discourse etc. 2 horizontal passage made in preparation for building a tunnel, or in a mine.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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