headworkn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌwərk/

Forms: see head n.¹ and work n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, work n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + work n., originally after handwork n.With branch I. compare earlier brainwork n. With sense 4 compare earlier head mould n. and head moulding n.

I. Senses relating to a person's head.

a. Work done with the brain or mind; intellectual activity or effort, thinking. Cf. handwork n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > process of thinking

i-thankc1000

thoughtOE

cogitation?c1225

thinkinga1382

imaginationa1393

pansing?a1505

beating1606

brainwork1606

brain labour1638

headwork1642

thought process1850

thought-action1860

thought-production1881

nutting1951

1642 J. Goodwin Anti-Cavalierisme 4 Head-worke is every whit as necessary in such a time and exigent, as hand-work is.

1689 J. Flavell Englands Duty v. 168 The Head-Work is done, but O that the Heart-Work were done too.

1764 tr. F. Algarotti Ess. on Painting 175 The Mathematician, whose business, being all head-work, requires a most intense meditation.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers liv. 587 How the blazes you can stand the head-work you do, is a mystery to me.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxxiii. 351 His headwork was so much more important to Burge than his skill in handicraft.

1898 Argosy Sept. 355 Ensign Dudley had performed his duties with about as much headwork as an automaton.

1942 B. Bandel Let. 22 July in S. J. Bugbee Officer & Lady (2004) 9 The officers..are doing a lot of head work on this business, & burning a lot of midnight oil.

1951 Pop. Sci. Oct. 212/1 Headwork can save you a lot of hard labor, even in the little jobs.

2004 I. McDonald River of Gods (2005) xv. 164 We do most of the hot stuff over on the University collider..but this is where the real work gets done. The headwork.

b. With reference to games and sports: mental or psychological skill.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > [noun] > manner or skill

play1531

headwork1851

technique1971

society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > skill

headwork1851

1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field ii. 22 There is a deal of head-work in bowling.

1898 B. J. Angle in W. A. Morgan ‘House’ on Sport 42 His quickness of foot and tricky head-work quickly demoralised the majority of his opponents.

1912 Outlook 19 Oct. 329/2 To play baseball of the character which these men play requires..a high degree of a certain kind of intelligence which is known professionally as ‘head work’.

1937 Boys' Life Oct. 10/1 Wonderful play! Good headwork! Smart kid, that quarterback! Nice strategy!

1958 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. (U.S. ed.) 52 Headwork, craftiness in boxing.

2006 J. Shiffert Base Ball in Philadelphia ii. 236 Pratt was known for his headwork, his ability to deceive batters, despite throwing nothing but fastballs.

†2. The practice of carrying heavy loads on the head. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 109 For we soon found that..‘head-work’ was the only system for California.

II. Technical senses.

3. In plural.

a. Forestry. A floating platform fitted with a windlass or capstan, which is attached to the front of a log-raft or boom of logs and used to move it by hauling on a rope or cable. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > other equipment

bunk1770

headworks1823

rutter1897

hog1898

choker1905

spud1914

stumping powder1921

1823 Washington Q. Mag. 1 127 The head works which are used with these booms..are constructed, as follows.

1884 Forestry Aug. 297 The headworks, with capstan and bars, to warp the timber across the lakes.

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 40 Headworks, a platform or raft, with windlass or capstan, which is attached to the front of a log raft or boom of logs, for warping, kedging, or winding it through lakes and still water, by hand or horse power.

1913 R. C. Bryant Logging iv. 377 Where the distance is short and the amount of timber to be moved is limited, it is ‘kedged’ or ‘warped’ by ‘headworks’.

2000 W. M. Macdougall Old Somerset Railroad ix.118 The boom was attached to a ‘headworks’, a raft with a small, plank cabin and a large capstan.

b. Engineering works at the head or diversion point of a river, canal, or other waterway, by means of which the flow of water is diverted or controlled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [noun] > apparatus to control flow

headworks1891

1852 Ann. Rep. Board Public Wks. Wisconsin 74 In no case shall the stern or bow of any boat or float, approaching..a lock, be permitted to run against or strike the head works of either of the gates of such lock.

1888 R. Kipling Abaft Funnel (1909) 117 He had the embankments to look after, and I was in charge of the headworks.

1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 468 The river flowing between firm banks, could be permanently controlled by head~works of masonry.

1903 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 10 Jan. 22597/3 Headworks can be placed more easily along the banks of smaller streams, or dams built across their beds, raising and controlling the waters.

1971 N. Smith Hist. Dams i. 10 The headworks of the irrigation canal.

2000 Dawn (Karachi) 16 Apr. 12/3 I had myself seen these routes in operation at Sulemanki headworks.

4. Architecture. Ornamentation at the top part of a piece of stonework, or on the keystone of an arch. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments

pommela1300

crest1430

finial1448

balloon1592

brattishingc1593

knob1610

cartouche1611

ogive1611

fret1626

galace1663

acroterion1664

paternoster1728

semi-urn1742

patera1776

purfling1780

sailing course1807

vesica piscis (also piscium)1809

antefix1819

vesica1820

garland1823

stop1825

Aaron's rod1830

headwork1831

Vitruvian scroll1837

hip knob1838

stelea1840

ball-flower1840

notch-head1843

brandishing1846

buckle1848

cat's-head1848

bucrane1854

cresting1869

semi-ball1875

canephorus1880

crest-board1881

wave pattern1905

husk1934

foliate head1939

green man1939

1831 J. Britton Hist. & Antiq. Cathedral Church Hereford ii. 51 The head work of the windows on the east side of the south extremity..differs from that of those in the north.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. 984 Headwork, a name by which the heads and other ornaments on the keystones of arches is frequently designated.

2010 S. Hart Medieval Church Window Tracery Eng. iii. 21 The window headwork beneath the hoodmould would often be of dressed stone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headwork
释义	headworkn. Brit. /ˈhɛdwəːk/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌwərk/ Forms: see head n.¹ and work n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, work n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + work n., originally after handwork n.With branch I. compare earlier brainwork n. With sense 4 compare earlier head mould n. and head moulding n. I. Senses relating to a person's head. 1. a. Work done with the brain or mind; intellectual activity or effort, thinking. Cf. handwork n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > process of thinking i-thankc1000 thoughtOE cogitation?c1225 thinkinga1382 imaginationa1393 pansing?a1505 beating1606 brainwork1606 brain labour1638 headwork1642 thought process1850 thought-action1860 thought-production1881 nutting1951 1642 J. Goodwin Anti-Cavalierisme 4 Head-worke is every whit as necessary in such a time and exigent, as hand-work is. 1689 J. Flavell Englands Duty v. 168 The Head-Work is done, but O that the Heart-Work were done too. 1764 tr. F. Algarotti Ess. on Painting 175 The Mathematician, whose business, being all head-work, requires a most intense meditation. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers liv. 587 How the blazes you can stand the head-work you do, is a mystery to me. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iv. xxxiii. 351 His headwork was so much more important to Burge than his skill in handicraft. 1898 Argosy Sept. 355 Ensign Dudley had performed his duties with about as much headwork as an automaton. 1942 B. Bandel Let. 22 July in S. J. Bugbee Officer & Lady (2004) 9 The officers..are doing a lot of head work on this business, & burning a lot of midnight oil. 1951 Pop. Sci. Oct. 212/1 Headwork can save you a lot of hard labor, even in the little jobs. 2004 I. McDonald River of Gods (2005) xv. 164 We do most of the hot stuff over on the University collider..but this is where the real work gets done. The headwork. b. With reference to games and sports: mental or psychological skill. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > [noun] > manner or skill play1531 headwork1851 technique1971 society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > skill headwork1851 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field ii. 22 There is a deal of head-work in bowling. 1898 B. J. Angle in W. A. Morgan ‘House’ on Sport 42 His quickness of foot and tricky head-work quickly demoralised the majority of his opponents. 1912 Outlook 19 Oct. 329/2 To play baseball of the character which these men play requires..a high degree of a certain kind of intelligence which is known professionally as ‘head work’. 1937 Boys' Life Oct. 10/1 Wonderful play! Good headwork! Smart kid, that quarterback! Nice strategy! 1958 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. (U.S. ed.) 52 Headwork, craftiness in boxing. 2006 J. Shiffert Base Ball in Philadelphia ii. 236 Pratt was known for his headwork, his ability to deceive batters, despite throwing nothing but fastballs. †2. The practice of carrying heavy loads on the head. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 109 For we soon found that..‘head-work’ was the only system for California. II. Technical senses. 3. In plural. a. Forestry. A floating platform fitted with a windlass or capstan, which is attached to the front of a log-raft or boom of logs and used to move it by hauling on a rope or cable. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > other equipment bunk1770 headworks1823 rutter1897 hog1898 choker1905 spud1914 stumping powder1921 1823 Washington Q. Mag. 1 127 The head works which are used with these booms..are constructed, as follows. 1884 Forestry Aug. 297 The headworks, with capstan and bars, to warp the timber across the lakes. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 40 Headworks, a platform or raft, with windlass or capstan, which is attached to the front of a log raft or boom of logs, for warping, kedging, or winding it through lakes and still water, by hand or horse power. 1913 R. C. Bryant Logging iv. 377 Where the distance is short and the amount of timber to be moved is limited, it is ‘kedged’ or ‘warped’ by ‘headworks’. 2000 W. M. Macdougall Old Somerset Railroad ix.118 The boom was attached to a ‘headworks’, a raft with a small, plank cabin and a large capstan. b. Engineering works at the head or diversion point of a river, canal, or other waterway, by means of which the flow of water is diverted or controlled. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [noun] > apparatus to control flow headworks1891 1852 Ann. Rep. Board Public Wks. Wisconsin 74 In no case shall the stern or bow of any boat or float, approaching..a lock, be permitted to run against or strike the head works of either of the gates of such lock. 1888 R. Kipling Abaft Funnel (1909) 117 He had the embankments to look after, and I was in charge of the headworks. 1891 Scribner's Mag. 10 468 The river flowing between firm banks, could be permanently controlled by head~works of masonry. 1903 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 10 Jan. 22597/3 Headworks can be placed more easily along the banks of smaller streams, or dams built across their beds, raising and controlling the waters. 1971 N. Smith Hist. Dams i. 10 The headworks of the irrigation canal. 2000 Dawn (Karachi) 16 Apr. 12/3 I had myself seen these routes in operation at Sulemanki headworks. 4. Architecture. Ornamentation at the top part of a piece of stonework, or on the keystone of an arch. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments pommela1300 crest1430 finial1448 balloon1592 brattishingc1593 knob1610 cartouche1611 ogive1611 fret1626 galace1663 acroterion1664 paternoster1728 semi-urn1742 patera1776 purfling1780 sailing course1807 vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 antefix1819 vesica1820 garland1823 stop1825 Aaron's rod1830 headwork1831 Vitruvian scroll1837 hip knob1838 stelea1840 ball-flower1840 notch-head1843 brandishing1846 buckle1848 cat's-head1848 bucrane1854 cresting1869 semi-ball1875 canephorus1880 crest-board1881 wave pattern1905 husk1934 foliate head1939 green man1939 1831 J. Britton Hist. & Antiq. Cathedral Church Hereford ii. 51 The head work of the windows on the east side of the south extremity..differs from that of those in the north. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. 984 Headwork, a name by which the heads and other ornaments on the keystones of arches is frequently designated. 2010 S. Hart Medieval Church Window Tracery Eng. iii. 21 The window headwork beneath the hoodmould would often be of dressed stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1642
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