Heading

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, tunneling) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; 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. Heading course a - (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.

Noun	1.	heading - a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" Synonyms: header, head
	2.	heading - the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies Synonyms: bearing, aim
	3.	heading - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" Synonyms: drift, gallery

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