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Skull Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Skull? [n] the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates Synonyms \| Synonyms for Skull: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Skull: See Also \| axial skeleton \| bone \| braincase \| brainpan \| caput \| cheekbone \| cranial orbit \| craniometric point \| cranium \| endocranium \| eye socket \| head \| jaw \| jugal bone \| mala \| malar bone \| orbit \| orbital cavity \| os \| os sphenoidale \| os zygomaticum \| sphenoid \| sphenoid bone \| vomer \| zygomatic bone Skull In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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}.

Skull Definition And Meaning

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[n] the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates

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Skull In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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}.

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