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Look up: Headlong

  1. headlong
    [adv] - at breakneck speed 2. [adv] - in a hasty and foolhardy manner 3. [adv] - with the head foremost
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Headlong
    Head'long` (-lŏng`; 115) adverb [ Middle English hedling , hevedlynge ; probably confused with English long , adjective & adverb ] 1. With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/21

  3. Headlong
    Head'long adjective 1. Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly. 2. Steep; precipitous. [ Poetic] « Like a tower upon a headlong rock.» Byron.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/21

  4. headlong
    headfirst adverb with the head foremost; `the runner slid headlong into third base`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. headlong
    adverb at breakneck speed; `burst headlong through the gate`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Headlong
    • (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite. • (a.) Steep; precipitous. • (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation. • (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly. • (a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Headlong
    (Williams novel) `Headlong` is a 1980 novel by Emlyn Williams. Plot summary : The story takes place in England in the mid-1930s. In May 1935, the entire British Royal Family is killed in a freak accident after the explosion of a large dirigible (similar to the Hindenburg disaste...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlong

  8. Headlong
    (song) "`Headlong`" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, but credited to Queen, it was released as the third single from their 1991 album Innuendo. The song was initially to be recorded by Brian May for his then-upcoming solo album Back...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlong

  9. Headlong
    (Frayn novel) , used as the cover art for some editions of Headlong`` `Headlong` (ISBN 0-8050-6285-8) is a novel by Michael Frayn, published in 1999. The plot centres on the discovery of a long-lost painting from Pieter Bruegel`s series The Months. The story is essentiall...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlong

  10. Headlong
    (group) `Headlong` is a British theatre company noted for reworking plays of the past and commissioning new work. It was previously called Anvil Productions and then the Oxford Stage Company. It has produced plays at theatres in London and across the UK with leading directors including Rupert...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlong

  11. Headlong
    (Ings novel) `Headlong` is a 1999 science fiction novel by English author Simon Ings. It is Ings` fourth novel and depicts the struggle of a man trying to find his humanity his previously enhanced senses are removed. A review of the novel in New Scientist praised it as "mat...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlong



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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