That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for ...
The flat ends of a barrel or vat. The pieces of wood forming the heads are called head pieces or head staves.
The importance of the removable head to the doll games cannot be stressed enough. It is necessary to remember, however, that not every doll head ...
The ship's lavatory, originally the area forward of the forecastle and beak.
The toilet.
usually have their posture stated: affrontée when in profile, guardant when full-faced and regardant when looking backwards; 'head' on its own implies in profile
A ship's toilets.
Term used to describe the impurities produced in ethanol fermentations ("congeners"), which have lower boiling points than ethanol. They include methanol and aldehydes. Murtagh & Associates, Alcohol Glossary (Always the beginning phase of the distillation process.)
The front part of the lane, also called the maple area of the lane because that is what they are normally made of.
The clamping contacts on a stationary magnetizing unit.
The boards at the front of the lane between the foul line and the arrows onto which the ball is delivered. Usually made out of harder wood because of the strain of ball delivery.
Portion of the lane from the foul line to the range fingers which are generally located 15 to 18 feet down the lane.
the first run of spirits from a still. See “Foreshots.”
acidheads; persons who take acid
and Moving Mars, books by Greg Bear
are decapitated sentients who gained limited telekinetic powers in the process. Slavers and unscrupulous governments have created perhaps millions ...
The head is the device which rolls across videotape and either lays down information (in record mode) or reads it (in playback mode). Older, 2" machines are referred to as "quads", meaning that there are four record heads in the apparatus. ...
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