The reverse side of a coin. Frequently in cross and (or) pile: ‘heads and (or) tails’, used as a call when tossing a coin, etc.; (hence) a game of…

cross and pile n. also cross or pile The obverse and (or) reverse side of a coin; head or tail; hence sometimes standing for: a coin, money. archaic.

The side of a coin, medal, or seal which does not bear the main design or inscription; the design or inscription on this side. Opposed to obverse, n.…

The back, the hinder part (so Latin āversum); the reverse of a coin. Obsolete.

The reverse side of a coin. Also figurative. Cf. reverse, n. 2a(a).

The side of a coin, medal, seal, etc., bearing the main design; (Numismatics) the front of a coin, bearing the head of the issuing ruler, emblem of…

In plural or (less commonly) singular. The side of a coin which bears the figure of a head (opposed to tail, n.1 4h); the obverse. Chiefly paired…

The lower or hinder extremity of anything; the part opposite to what is regarded as the head. The reverse side of a coin; esp. in phr. head(s) or ta…

? The reverse of a coin. Obsolete. rare.

colloquial. The reverse of a coin, esp. when it is tossed; = tail, n.1 4h. Cf. man, n.1 28. Now rare.

Irish English slang. The side of a coin bearing the figure of a head; = head, n.1 4b. Obsolete. rare.

colloquial. The obverse of a coin (used in the context of tossing a coin). Cf. woman, n. 12. Obsolete.

Esp. in the game of two-up: the reverse side of a coin, the tail. Also (occasionally): the obverse of a coin, the head (see also quot. 1919).