v. t. [ L. adpressus, p. p. of adprimere. ] See Appressed. --
n. An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. heáfodpanne. ] The brainpan. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bowling) n. The front pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
n. A shrub (Amorpha canescens) of sandy woodlands and streambanks of the Western U. S. having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; it is thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.
n. [ OE. tadde toad (AS. tādie, tādige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll. ]
Tadpole fish. (Zool.)