n. The act or process of providing with a head: as, the heading of a pin or of a barrel.n. That which stands at the head; especially, a title; a caption: as, the heading of a paper.n. Material to form a head, as timber for forming the heads of casks.n. The foam on liquor.n. A preparation of equal parts of alum and green vitriol, used in brewing.n. In dressmaking: The upper edge of a flounce or ruffle which projects above the line stitched on the dress, etc.n. Any narrow braid or trimming placed at the head of a flounce, ruffle, fringe, or other trimming.n. In lace-making, the edge of the lace on the side sewed to the dress, whether as a part of the design or in the form of a separate braid.n. In fireworks, the particular device of a rocket, especially when used as a signal: as, a star-heading.n. A driftway or passage excavated in the line of an intended tunnel, forming a gullet in which the men work.n. In coal-mining:n. plural In placer-mining, the mass of gravel above the head of the sluice.n. In brickwork, a row or course of headers; a heading-course.n. The molding above a door or a window; a head-mold.n. Homespun cloth.n. See the extract.