Word Meanings - SHOCK-HEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Shock-headed. Tennyson.
Related words: (words related to SHOCK-HEAD)
- HEADSTALL
That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak. - HEADING
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. (more info) 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of - HEADLAND
1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak. 2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Tusser. - HEADNOTE
A note at the head of a page or chapter; in law reports, an abstract of a case, showing the principles involved and the opinion of the court. - HEADFISH
The sunfish . - SHOCKDOG
See 1 - HEADSTRONG
1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. Not let headstrong boy my will control. Dryden. 2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. Dryden. Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; unratable; stubborn; - HEADRACE
See COURSE - HEADACHY
Afflicted with headache. - HEADROOM
See 2 - HEADSTONE
1. The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22. 2. The stone at the head of a grave. - SHOCK-HEADED
Having a thick and bushy head of hair. - HEADROPE
That part of a boltrope which is sewed to the upper edge or head of a sail. - HEADSTRONGNESS
Obstinacy. Gayton. - HEADILY
In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately. - SHOCK
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods. (more info) quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap 1. A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set - HEADWORK
Mental labor. - HEADLESS
1. Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass. 2. Destitute of a chief or leader. Sir W. Raleigh. 3. Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate. Witless headiness in judging or headless hardiness - HEADPAN
The brainpan. - HEADER
1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading. 2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall. In framing, the - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - THORN-HEADED
Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead. - TORSION HEAD
That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended. - ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE
A foolish or dull-witted fellow. - BULLHEAD
A small black water insect. E. Phillips. Bullhead whiting , the kingfish of Florida . (more info) A fresh-water fish of many species, of the genus Uranidea, esp. U. gobio of Europe, and U. Richardsoni of the United States; -- called also miller's - DUNDERHEAD
A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl. - STEELHEAD
A North Pacific salmon found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil. - PIG-HEADED
Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n. - BLUFF-HEADED
Built with the stem nearly straight up and down. - WOOLHEAD
The buffel duck. - CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship. - POPE'S HEAD
A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows. - RINGHEAD
An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth. - BILLETHEAD
A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off. - TRIPLE-HEADED
Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.