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   Headpiece (-pēsˌ), n.
   1. Head.
   
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   In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser.
   
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   2. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages.
   
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   3. Understanding; mental faculty.
   
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   Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux.
   
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   4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page.
   
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