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head⋅land

  [hed-luhnd]
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–noun
1. a promontory extending into a large body of water.
2. a strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence or border.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME hedeland, OE hēafodland. See head, land
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head·land   (hěd'lənd, -lānd')   
n.  

  1. A point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water; a promontory.

  2. The unplowed land at the end of a plowed furrow.

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