Noah Webster
Heed
HEED, verb transitive To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
HEED, noun Care; attention.
With wanton heed and giddy cunning.
1. Caution; care; watch for danger; notice; circumspection; usually preceded by take.
Take heed of evil company. Take heed to your ways.
Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 2 Samuel 20:10.
2. Notice; observation; regard; attention; often preceded by give.
The preacher gave good heed Ecclesiastes 12:9.
Neither give heed to fables. 1 Timothy 1:4.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed Hebrews 2:1.
3. Seriousness; a steady look.
A heed
Was in his countenance. [Unusual.]