See Also: imeter(dictionary)

header (iou) and imeter (iou)


header (iou)



header noun. LME.
[from HEAD verb or noun + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which removes the head; esp. a reaping-machine which cuts off the heads of grain. LME.
A brick or stone laid at right angles to the face of a wall. Cf. STRETCHER noun 3. L17.
A person who puts heads on casks etc. M18.
A person who heads a party etc., a leader. rare. E19.
A dive or plunge head first. colloq. M19.
take a header fall head first.
Football. A ball which is headed; the action or an act of heading the ball. Also, a player who heads the ball. E20.
= heading dog s.v. HEADING noun. M20.
A line of information appearing at the top of each page of a document, containing the date, the chapter-heading, etc. L20.
? See also double header s.v. DOUBLE adjective & adverb.

imeter (iou)



-imeter suffix.
Form of -METER with -i- provided by first element or merely connective (calorimeter, evaporimeter). Cf. -OMETER.