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Skull : (noun)
1: the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Skull : \Skull\, n. [See School a multitude.]
A school, company, or shoal. [Obs.]
A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
--Warner.
These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls.
--Holland.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Skull : \Skull\, n. [OE. skulle, sculle, scolle; akin to Scot.
skull, skoll, a bowl, Sw. skalle skull, skal a shell, and E.
scale; cf. G. hirnschale, Dan. hierneskal. Cf. Scale of a
balance.]
1. (Anat.) The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal,
including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and
cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of
Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of
Skeleton, in Appendix.
Note: In many fishes the skull is almost wholly cartilaginous
but in the higher vertebrates it is more or less
completely ossified, several bones are developed in the
face, and the cranium is made up, wholly or partially,
of bony plates arranged in three segments, the frontal,
parietal, and occipital, and usually closely united in
the adult.
2. The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.
Skulls that can not teach, and will not learn.
--Cowper.
3. A covering for the head; a skullcap. [Obs. & R.]
Let me put on my skull first. --Beau. & Fl.
4. A sort of oar. See Scull.
Skull and crossbones, a symbol of death. See Crossbones.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Skull : Skull: The skull is a collection of bones which encase the brain and give form to the head and face. The bones of the skull include the following: the frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal,
sphenoid, ethmoid, zygomatic, maxilla, nasal, vomer, palatine, inferior concha, and mandible.
The early English word "skulle" came from the Nordic words "skal" and "skul" meaning a bowl. It is also thought that the Nordic toast "Skoal!" came from "skal" since ceremonial drinks were served in
a bowl (or skull).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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