n. A helmet; specifically, an open helmet such as was worn after the abandonment of the armet; also, a hat; head-gear. See morion, cabasset, burganet.n. The head; especially, the head as the seat of the understanding; hence, intelligence; judgment.n. A decorative engraving placed at the top of the first page of a book, or at the beginning of a chapter, etc.; a head-band.n. The figurehead, scroll-piece, or fiddle-head under a vessel's bowsprit.