Word Meanings - DOUBLEHEADED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.

• DOUBLEHEADED
  Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.
• Headborough
  Alt. of Headborrow
• HEADFIRSTHEADFOREMOST
  With the head foremost.
• Headline
  The line at the head or top of a page.
• Headshake
  A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial.
• Otherguise
  Alt. of Otherguess
• Turncoat
  One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
• Double-dyed
  Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.
• Turnover
  The act or result of turning over; an upset; as, a bad turnover in a carriage.
• Double-ripper
  A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
• Whosesoever
  The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• Havened
  Sheltered in a haven.
• DOUBLEHUNG
  Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
• Headborrow
  The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder.
• HEADHUNTER
  A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters. -- Head"-hunt`ing, n.
• Headlong
  With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
• Headship
  Authority or dignity; chief place.
• Otherguess
  Of another kind or sort; in another way.
• Turnep
  See Turnip.

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