side-head

Definitions

noun An auxiliary sliderest on a planing-machine.
noun In printing, a heading or a subhead run in at the beginning of a paragraph, instead of being made a separate line. See head, 13.
noun A slide-rest carrying a cutting-tool and adjusted on ways forming part of the uprights at the sides of a metal-planing machine.
noun In wood-working machines, a revolving cutter-head on a vertical axis on the side of the frame, for working out profiles of moldings and similar strips.

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Every paragraph has the side-head, "London," "Vienna," or some other town, and a date.

A Tramp Abroad 1879
Only the world spies a side-head at her, husbanded or not, though the main fault was his, and she had a right to insist that he should be sure of his charge before he smacked her in the face with it before the world.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868
Only the world spies a side-head at her, husbanded or not, though the main fault was his, and she had a right to insist that he should be sure of his charge before he smacked her in the face with it before the world.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
Compared to programming television, side-head karate kicks and back-over judo flips are child's play.

Phillies Zone 2010
In addition to this quotation, and as if to give emphasis, the historian places prominently in a side-head the words, "_Decay of pure Christianity, A.D.

The Last Reformation 1913