Head"strong` (-strng`; 115), a. 1. Not easily restrained; ungovernable;
obstinate; stubborn.
Now let the headstrong boy my will control.
Dryden.
2. Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy; as, a
headstrong course. Dryden.
Syn. -- Violent; obstinate; ungovernable; untractable; stubborn;
unruly; venturesome; heady.
Head"strong`ness, n. Obstinacy. [R.] Gayton.
Head"tire` (-tr`), n. 1. A headdress. "A headtire of fine linen." 1
Esdras iii. 6.