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pate(1) (iou)



pate noun1. ME.
[Origin unkn.]
The head, the skull; spec. the crown of the head, now esp. a bald one. Now arch. & joc. ME.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Let him to the Tower, And chop away that factious pate of his. W. Boyd The afternoon sun warmed the pates of the..mourners.
The head as the seat of the intellect; a person's mind or intellectual power. Formerly also, a person with a mind of a specified quality. Now arch. & joc. L16.
M. McLuhan May my pate become a glue-pot if I don't..get that book reprinted.
The skin of a calf's head. L17.
pated adjective having a pate of a specified kind (KNOTTY-pated) L16.