Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Heading \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.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the
end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
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. --Knight.
{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.