SKULL
NOUNS
► BONE BOX the skull → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BRAIN-BOX the skull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAIN BUCKET the skull or head → 1856 sl.
► BRAIN-CANISTER the head, the skull → 1865 pugilistic sl.
► BRAIN-CAP the skull → 1812
► BRAIN-PAN the skull → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CALVAIR a skull → c1420 obs.
► CRANE the skull → 1541 obs.
► CRANION the skull; the head → 1611 obs.
► CRANIUM the skull → 1842
► CRANY the brain-pan, the skull → 1525 obs.
► DEAD MAN’S HEAD a skull, or figure of a skull → 1557 obs.
► DEATH’S-FACE the head of Death figured as a skeleton; a human skull, a figure or representation of a skull, esp. as an emblem of mortality → 1623 obs.
► DEATH’S-HEAD the head of Death figured as a skeleton; a human skull, a figure or representation of a skull, esp. as an emblem of mortality → 1596
► DICKY the head, the skull → 1873 Eng. dial.
► HARN-PAN the skull, the brain-pan → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HEAD-BONE the skull → c1205 obs.
► HEAD-PAN the skull, the brain-pan → c1000 obs.
► HEAD-PIECE the head, skull, cranium → 1579 arch.
► KNOWLEDGE-BOX the head; the skull → 1796 humorous usage
► NIDDICK the nape of the neck; the whole head or skull → 1558 Eng. dial.
► PACKY the head, the skull → 1943 W. Indies sl.
► PAN the skull, esp. its upper part → c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SCOLLE the skull, the head; the brain; understanding, ability → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCONCE the skull or head → 1772 US
► SKELETON a skull → 1936 Amer. dial.
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