1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; — often with give or
take.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning. Milton.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 2 Sam. xx.
10.
Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts. Bacon.
2. Careful consideration; obedient regard. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard. Heb. ii. 1.
3. A look or expression of heading. [R.] He did it with a serious mind; a heed Was in his countenance. Shak.
HEEDFUL
Heed"ful, a.
Defn: Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect;
attentive; vigilant. Shak.
— Heed"ful*ly, adv.
— Heed"ful*ness, n.
HEEDLESS
Heed"less, a.
Defn: Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless;
unobservant.
O, negligent and heedless discipline! Shak.
The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him
so. Waller.
— Heed"less*ly, adv.
— Heed"less*ness, n.
HEEDY
Heed"y, a.
Defn: Heedful. [Obs.] "Heedy shepherds." Spenser.
— Heed"i*ly, adv. [Obs.] — Heed"i*ness, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
HEEL Heel, v. i. Etym: [OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. hälla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] (Naut.)