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head·ing (hed′iŋ)

noun

  1. something forming or used to form the head, top, edge, or front; specif., an inscription at the top of a paragraph, chapter, page, section, etc., giving the title or topic
  2. a division of a subject; topic or category
  3. the horizontal direction in which a moving ship, plane, etc. is pointed, usually expressed as a compass reading in degrees
  4. Mining
    1. a drift; gallery
    2. the end of a gallery

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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