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Hede-, Heid-werk, n. Also: hede-verk, heid-wark, headworke. [North and north midl. ME. heed-, hedewarke, hed(e)werk (c 1350), OE. héafodwærc, ON. H*ol.fuð-verkr.] Pain in the head; headache. — c1500 Rowll Cursing 48.
Hoist, heidwark or fawin ill a1500 Doug. K. Hart 879.
Heidwerk, hoist, and parlasy maid grit pay 1549 Compl. 37/8.
Caterris, hede verkis, and indegestione 1629 Z. Boyd Balm Gilead 59.
A toothache, or an head-worke, as we say
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