n. [ AS. hōfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, “in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.” Prior. ] Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house where ale is retailed; hence, a tippling house. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beetle a mallet + head. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. bēth-lekhem house of food; bēth house + lekhem food, lākham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. Bedlam. ] 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of an extinct English order of monks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus Globicephalus, and one or more species of Hyperoödon (Hyperoödon bidens, etc.), found on the European coast. See Blackfish, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states. The London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Buffle + head. ] 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What makes you stare so, bufflehead? Plautus (trans. 1694). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Ar. ] A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [ Low ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. two events, usually entertainment or sports performances, occurring immediately in succession or within a short time of each other; especially, two sports games played by the same teams on the same day, one right after another. A doubleheader in baseball is often scheduled between teams when a previously shceduled game is postponed, as due to rain or other interfering factors. In such cases, the admission price for the doubleheader remains that of a single game, though two games are played.
Syn. -- twin bill, double feature. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any of several tall ferns of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.
Syn. -- ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. New World fern (Osmunda cinnamonea) having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds, called also fiddlehead fern; the early uncurling fronds are edible, and sometimes considered as a vegetable delicacy.
Syn. -- cinnamon fern, fiddlehead fern, Osmunda cinnamonea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Naut.) an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. Sometimes it serves the function of a billhead. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Humble + -head. ] Humble condition or estate; humility. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty; as, to make a mountain out of a molehill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stupid person; a blunderer. [ Colloq. ] C. Reade. -- Mud"dle-head`ed, a. [Colloq.] Dickens. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. [ Per. nārghīl, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut. ] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the hubble-bubble, a simplified form. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (Copaifera pubiflora, Copaifera bracteata, and Copaifera officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An empty, noisy talker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + hydrobarometer. ] An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Gearing) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony. [ 1913 Webster ]