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Header   /hˈɛdər/   Listen
Header

noun
1.
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.  Synonyms: head, heading.
2.
Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window.  Synonym: lintel.
3.
Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.  Synonyms: cope, coping.
4.
A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters.
5.
A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon.
6.
(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head.
7.
A headlong jump (or fall).



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"Header" Quotes from Famous Books



... the skipper exclaimed suddenly. "That does for her chance. I think I had better get the jib header ready for hoisting, Mr. Carthew; the spar is bending like ...
— The Queen's Cup • G. A. Henty
... the sallow-faced, defiant figure that was observing their every action. The boy looked as though ready to brave them to their face, if so be they turned out to be new enemies; or even take a header over the side, should they show signs of wanting to detain ...
— Chums in Dixie - or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat • St. George Rathborne
... said by Gregory to be a very reliable header, closely resembling Early Paris. At the Colorado experiment station, in 1888, it failed ...
— The Cauliflower • A. A. Crozier
... "accommodate them." At that the Jew struck out with his right on John's jaw, hitting the ceiling with the little officer. Then with his left he put one in the pit of D.'s stomach, lifting him clear of the floor and dropping him across a lot of barrels. Then John was ready by this time to receive a "header" under the chin, piling him on top of D. The boys crawled out as he was preparing to finish up the two ...
— History of Kershaw's Brigade • D. Augustus Dickert
... was lyin' there, the bull, that had took a header when the rope busted, come up on his feet agin, and I'll tell a man he was rarin' mad! He seen Shorty lyin' on the ground, and he took a run for Shorty. Me and Cuttle was laughin' so hard we couldn't ...
— The Night Horseman • Max Brand


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