Skull
21skull — [13] The Old English word for ‘skull’ was hēafodpanne, literally ‘head pan’. It has never been firmly established where its Middle English replacement skull came from, but is seems more than likely that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian… …
22skull — noun a bone framework enclosing the brain of a vertebrate. ↘informal a person s head or brain. verb informal hit on the head. Phrases out of one s skull informal 1》 out of one s mind; crazy. 2》 very drunk. skull and crossbones a representation of …
23skull — n. the skeleton of the head and face, which is made up of 22 bones. It can be divided into the cranium, which encloses the brain, and the face (including the lower jaw (mandible)). The cranium consists of eight bones. The frontal, parietals (two) …
24skull — [13] The Old English word for ‘skull’ was hēafodpanne, literally ‘head pan’. It has never been firmly established where its Middle English replacement skull came from, but is seems more than likely that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian… …
25Skull — This uncommon and interesting name is of early medieval English origin, and derives from the Middle English sc(h)ulle , skull, a term thought to be of Scandinavian origin, and used here as a nickname for someone who was thought to have a… …
26skull — I. n American 1. a synonym for head in racy speech or hip talk. The word most usually occurs in the phrase out of one s skull (intoxicated or crazy) or in the following extended specialised sense. 2. oral sex, especially fellatio. This term,… …
27skull — [[t]skʌ̱l[/t]] skulls N COUNT Your skull is the bony part of your head which encloses your brain. Her husband was later treated for a fractured skull …
28skull — noun (C) 1 the bones of a person s or animal s head 2 sb can t get it into their (thick) skull spoken to be unable to understand something very simple: He can t seem to get it into his skull that I m just not interested in him …
29skull — num·skull; skull; …
30skull — [[t]skʌl[/t]] n. 1) anat. the bony or cartilaginous framework of the vertebrate head, enclosing the brain and sense organs and including the jaws 2) cvb the head as the center of comprehension; mind • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME scolle < ON… …
