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Meaning:

Noun:

  • a brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing; compare stretcher
  • a headlong fall or jump
  • a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening
  • a machine that cuts the heads off of grain etc
  • A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system
  • computing the first part of a file or record that describes its contents
  • informal A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
  • (networking) the first part of a packet, often containing its address and descriptors
  • soccer the act of hitting the ball with the head
  • Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
  • titling or summarizing it.
  • The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

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