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Definitions

• The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
• Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
• Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
• (informal) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
• (computing) The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
• (programming)
• (networking) the first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
• (masonry) A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.
• A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
• A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
• (soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.
• (soccer) Someone who heads the ball.
• A headlong fall or jump.
• A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.
• A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
• The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
• One who puts a head on something.