| Addle-head |
Alt. of Addle-pate |
n. |
| Shock-head |
Shock-headed. |
a. |
| Snake's-head |
The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. |
n. |
| Tough-head |
The ruddy duck. |
n. |
| Tow-head |
An urchin who has soft, whitish hair. |
n. |
| Tow-head |
The hooded merganser. |
n. |
| Woolly-head |
A negro. |
n. |
| Cittern-head |
Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. |
n. |
| Cubbridge-head |
A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship. |
n. |
| Death's-head |
A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death. |
n. |
| Dragon's head |
Alt. of Dragon's tail |
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| Feather-head |
A frivolous or featherbrained person. |
n. |
| Giddy |
Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. |
superl. |
| Giddy |
Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. |
superl. |
| Giddy |
Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. |
superl. |
| Giddy |
Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. |
superl. |
| Giddy |
To reel; to whirl. |
v. i. |
| Giddy |
To make dizzy or unsteady. |
v. t. |
| Giddy-headed |
Thoughtless; unsteady. |
a. |
| Giddy-paced |
Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. |
a. |