DCHP-1 Online
head 
n. Obs. a slender, twisted plug of tobacco once common in the old Northwest.
See also: niggerhead tobacco
- 1835 (1958) These two deer cost 1/2 pint Rum, 1 quart Molasses, 6 lbs Buckshot & 2 Heads Tobacco, which altogether amount to 2s 7d. . . .
- 1835 (1944) It remained with us now to either lose the beaver or rise our price . . . and we accordingly offered 5 gal. Mixed run & 10 heads tobacco, with a blanket per beaver.
- 1835 (1958) These two deer cost 1/2 pint Rum, 1 quart Molasses, 6 lbs Buckshot & 2 Heads Tobacco, which altogether amount to 2s 7d. . . .