Hypertext Webster Gateway: "headed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Head \Head\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Headed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Heading}.]
1. To be at the head of; to put one's self at the head of; to
lead; to direct; to act as leader to; as, to head an army,
an expedition, or a riot. --Dryden.
2. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head; as, to
head a nail. --Spenser.
3. To behead; to decapitate. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. To cut off the top of; to lop off; as, to head trees.
5. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder
or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to
head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a
ship.
6. To set on the head; as, to head a cask.
{To head off}, to intercept; to get before; as, an officer
heads off a thief who is escaping.
{To head up}, to close, as a cask or barrel, by fitting a
head to.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Headed \Head"ed\, a.
1. Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual
faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed,
long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster.
2. Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
headed
adj 1: having a heading or course in a certain direction; "westward
headed wagons"
2: having a heading or caption; "a headed column"; "headed
notepaper" [ant: {unheaded}]
3: having a head or anything that serves as a head; often used
in combination; "headed bolts"; "three-headed Cerberus";
"a cool-headed fighter pilot" [ant: {headless}]
4: of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head; "headed
cabbages"
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