heedv. t.[OE. heden, AS. hdan; akin to OS. hdian, D. hoeden, Fries. hoda, OHG. huoten, G. hten, 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.)()v. i. To mind; to consider.()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.()He did it with a serious mind; a heed
Was in his countenance. (Shak.)