See Also: Head - Sailing(gambling)
Head Seas - Sailing(gambling)
Head to Wind - Sailing(gambling)
Head to Head - General(gambling)
Head-to-Head - Poker(gambling)
Head Upright Tilt Test (HUT, tilt table test, head-up tilt test)(health)
tow-head(medicine)
head cap(medicine)
head(dictionary)
head-to-head(dictionary)

failure (iou) and Head - Sailing (gambling)


failure (iou)



failure noun. M17.
[Anglo-Norman (legal) failer for Old French faillir FAIL verb, inf. used as noun (see -ER4); assim. to -OR, (later) -URE. Cf. leisure, pleasure.]
(A) cessation in the existence or availability of something. M17.
M. Elphinstone On the failure of issue..an adopted son succeeds.
(An) omission to do or to do something due or requisite; default. M17.
T. Lundberg Failure to make returns..could lead to prosecution.
A slight fault; a failing, a shortcoming. M17-E18.
(An instance of) failing to effect one's purpose; (a) lack of Success. M17.
J. R. Seeley We see efforts ending in feebleness and failure.
b. A person who or thing which turns out unsuccessful. M19.
E. F. Benson Minorca..had been a dismal failure as far as she was concerned. D. Cusack I feel such a failure I don't seem to get anywhere.
The process or fact of failing in Health or strength, giving way under pressure, etc.; (a) cessation in the functioning of a mechanism, an organ of the body, etc. L17.
heart failure, renal failure, etc.
Happy Landings 106 [accidents] were attributable to engine failures. E. H. Gombrich An increasing failure of nerve.
The process of becoming or the state of being insolvent. E18.

Head - Sailing (gambling)


(1) The front of a vessel. (2) The upper corner or edge of a sail. (3) The top or front of a part. (4) The toilet and toilet room in a vessel.