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headsticks

headsticks is the plural of headstick.

Meaning of headstick

Noun

headstick (plural headsticks)

  1. A stick-like device strapped to a paralysed person's head to allow them to perform activities such as typing on a keyboard.
  2. (historical) A straight piece of furniture placed at the head of a form, between the chase and the type.
    • The sidesticks should be of the full length of the page, and abut against the headsticks on the outside of the form .1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330
  3. A spar attached to the head of the topsail.

Questions about headsticks

What is headsticks the plural of?
Headsticks is the plural of headstick.

Words near headsticks in the dictionary

  1. headstay
  2. headstays
  3. headstead
  4. headsteads
  5. headstick
  6. headsticks
  7. headstock
  8. headstocks
  9. headstone
  10. headstoned
  11. headstones

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