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Definition of 'skull'Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), probably from (etyl) . Compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skull?s=t]
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en-noun)
(anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; the cranium.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
- He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull'—perhaps a cow's '''skull''', a '''skull''', perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the ' skull in his arms.
A symbol for death; death's-head
Derived terms
* numskull, numbskull
* skull and crossbones
* (l)
Synonyms
* brainpan
* cranium (anatomy)
* harnpan
See also
*
Verb
( en-verb)
To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
References
Etymology 2
See .
Noun
( en-noun)
* 1586 , , Albion’s England :
- A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
* 1601 , (Philemon Holland) (translator), (Pliny the Elder) (author), , book IX , chapter xv: “Of the names and natures of many fishes.”:
- These fishs, togither with the old Tunies and the young, called Pelamides, enter in great flotes and skulls , into the sea Pontus, for the sweet food that they there find: and every companie of them hath their fever all leaders and captaines; and before them all, the Maquerels lead the way; which, while they be in the water, have a colour of brimstone; but without, like they be to the rest.
( Webster 1913)
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