BRAIN
NOUNS
1154 ► HARN brain; brains → obs. exc. Sc.
1300 ► HARN-PAN the brain-pan; the skull, → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
.M16 ► SCONCE → SKONCE the brain; the head → sl.
1588 ► HEAD-PIECE brain, understanding, intellect; the head, as seat of the intellect
1699 ► UPPER STORY the brain; the mind
1755 ► KNOWLEDGE BOX the brain; the head → sl.
1785 ► IDEA BOX the brain, the head, knowledge → sl.
1785 ► IDEA POT the brain, the head, knowledge → sl.
1803 ► NOODLE the brain; the head; intelligence → UK sl.
1822 ► KNOWLEDGE-CASKET the brain; the head → sl. obs.
1886 ► THINKER the brain, the mind → Amer. dial.
1888 ► THINK TANK the brain, the mind → Amer. dial.
1892 ► THINK BOX the brain, the mind → Amer. dial.
..20C ► FUSE BOX the brain; the head → sl.
1900 ► FACULTIES OF THE HEAD the brain, the intellectual faculties → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOLLE the brain; understanding, ability → Sc. (Bk.)
1910 ► WORKS the brain → Aust. & US sl.
1940 ► BACON-BONCE the brain → sl.
1947 ► CLOCKWORKS the brain → US sl.
1949 ► THINK PIECE the brain, the mind → Amer. dial.
1960 ► DOWN THE DRAINS the human brains → rhyming sl.
1970 ► BOX the brain → sl.
1980 ► WETWARE the human brain → Amer. computing usage
2003 ► KIDNEY the brain; hence, intelligence → Trinidad and Tobago
PHRASES
1946 ► MAKE YOUR HEAD SAVE YOUR HEELS advice to use your brain → Amer. dial.
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