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Pronunciation : Head"ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.

3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

4. (Mining.)

Defn: A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.

5. (sewing)

Defn: The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

6. (Masonry)

Defn: That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. Knight. Heading course (Arch.), a course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a). -- Heading joint. (a) (Carp.) A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) (Masonry) A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913