waterhead

noun

1

: the source or headwater of a stream

2

: a dammed up body of water (as for supplying a garden or mill)

also : the height or quantity so retained

3

a

: a large head

especially : hydrocephalus

b

chiefly dialectal : one with an excessively large head and usually subnormal intelligence

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