Heed , n.
1. Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
With wanton
heed and giddy cunning.
Milton. Amasa took no heed to the sword
that was in
Joab's hand.
2 Sam. xx. 10. Birds give more heed and mark words more than beasts.
Bacon. 2. Careful consideration;
obedient regard.
Therefore we ought to give
the more earnest heed to the things which we have
heard.
Heb. ii. 1.
3. A look
or expression of heading. [R.]
He did it with a serious mind; a heed
Was in his countenance.
Shak.
Heed , v. i. To mind; to consider.
Heed (hēd),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heeded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Heeding.]
[OE.
heden, AS. hēdan; akin to OS. hōdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten,
G. hüten, Dan. hytte.
√13. Cf. Hood.] To mind; to regard with care; to take
notice of; to attend to;
to observe.
With pleasure Argus the musician
heeds.
Dryden. Syn. -- To notice; regard; mind. See Attend, v. t.
Hear it pronounced