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noun

Headpiece n.

Head. "In his headpiece he felt a sore pain."

A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.

Understanding; mental faculty. "Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains."

An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.

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Etymology of 'Headpiece'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Headpiece" Quotes from Famous Books

... greatest headpiece in all Europe. Murdher alive, woman, what a fine counsellor you'd make. An' suppose he did offer, Ellish, what 'ud you be sayin' ...

— Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee • William Carleton

... can. I hate charity—generally. It's a beastly mess. But the things you do—are human things. Look here, if you ever want any help, anything that a fellow with not much coin, but with a pair of strong arms and a decent headpiece, can do, you come to ...

— The Coryston Family • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... silks, also in herring-bone stitch, only rather larger, to fill up the stripe. Cut a piece of ticken round, and of about 2-1/2 inches in diameter; work it in the same manner, and mount it on a circular piece of card; full the headpiece round the small crown, line it with some bright-coloured Persian, and trim it with a gilt band, and gilt ...

— The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 • Unknown

... were smooth as eels and slick as soap, A baked-wind expert, jolly with my clack, Gally enough to ask my money back Before the steerer feeds me knock-out dope, Still might I throw a duck-fit in my hope That I possessed a headpiece like a tack To get my Mamie in my private sack Ere she could flag some Handsome Hank ...

— The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum • Wallace Irwin

... admit it's not half bad at times, but if this battered old headpiece of mine is to be of any further service to us, Liane, you must be careful not ...

— Alias The Lone Wolf • Louis Joseph Vance

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