He, subs. (Charterhouse).—A cake. A young he = a small cake. See She.
Head, subs. (nautical).—1. A man-of-war’s privy.
2. (common).—The obverse of a coin or medal. Heads or tails? = Guess whether the coin [[285]]spun will come down with head uppermost or not. [The side not bearing the Sovereign’s head has various devices: Britannia, George and the Dragon, a harp, the Royal arms, an inscription, etc.—all included in the word ‘tail,’ i.e., the reverse of ‘head.’ The Romans said heads or ships?]
d. 1680. Butler, Remains (1759), ii., 431. Let his chance prove what it will, he plays at cross you lose, and pile you win.
1871. Observer, 16 Apr. Perhaps for the first time Parliament is asked to enjoin a settlement of public dispute by means of tossing heads or tails, ‘cross or pile.’
3. (old).—An arrangement of the hair; a coiffure.
1773. Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, ii., 10. Pray how do you like this head?… I dressed it myself from a print in the Ladies’ Memorandum Book for last year.
To have at one’s head, verb. phr. (old).—To cuckold.
1640. Gough, Strange Discovery. Not if you stay at home, and warm my bed; But if you leave me, have at your head.
To take one in the head, verb. phr. (old).—To come into one’s mind.