1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
2. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic] Like a tower upon a headlong rock. Byron.
HEAD-LUGGED
Head"-lugged`, a.
Defn: Lugged or dragged by the head. [R.] "The head-lugged bear."
Shak.
HEADMAN
Head"man`, n.; pl. Headmen. Etym: [AS. heáfodman.]
Defn: A head or leading man, especially of a village community.
HEADMOLD SHOT; HEADMOULD SHOT
Head"mold" shot", Head"mould` shot". (Med.)
Defn: An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures. Dunglison.
HEADMOST
Head"most`, a.
Defn: Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet.