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 Head·ing, n.
 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
 4. Mining, tunneling (a) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine;  the vein above a drift.  (b) The end of a drift or gallery; also, the working face at the end of a tunnel, gallery, drift, or adit from which the work is advanced.
 5. Sewing The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
 6. Masonry That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
 Heading course Arch., a course consisting only of headers. See Header, n. 3 (a).
 Heading joint. (a) Carp. A joint, as of two or more boards, etc., at right angles to the grain of the wood. (b) Masonry A joint between two roussoirs in the same course.
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