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–noun
1.the bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face; the skeleton of the head.
2.the head as the center of knowledge and understanding; mind: to get literature's great ideas through our skulls.
3.Armor. the part of a helmet that covers the top of the head.
4.out of one's skull, Slang. crazy; demented.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME scolle < ON skalli]

skull-less, adjective
skull-like, adjective
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n.  
  1. The bony or cartilaginous framework of the head of vertebrates, made up of the bones of the braincase and face; cranium.
  2. Informal The head, regarded as the seat of thought or intelligence: Use your skull and solve the problem.
  3. A death's-head.


[Middle English skulle, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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skull 
c.1225, probably from O.N. skalli "bald head, skull," a general Scand. word (cf. Swed. skulle, Norw. skult), probably related to O.E. scealu "husk" (see shell). But early prominence in southwestern texts suggests rather origin from a Du. or Low Ger. cognate (e.g. Du. schol "turf, piece of ice," but the sense of "head bone framework" is wanting). Derivation from O.Fr. escuelle seems unlikely on grounds of sound and sense. O.E. words for skull include heafod-bolla.

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skull

noun
the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates 

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skull [skal] noun
the bony case that encloses the brain
Example: He's fractured his skull.
Arabic: جُمْجُمَه
Chinese (Simplified): 颅骨
Chinese (Traditional): 顱骨
Czech: lebka
Danish: hovedskal
Dutch: schedel
Estonian: kolju
Finnish: kallo
French: crâne
German: der Schädel
Greek: κρανίο
Hungarian: koponya
Icelandic: hauskúpa
Indonesian: tengkorak
Italian: cranio
Japanese: 頭がい骨
Korean: 두개골
Latvian: galvaskauss
Lithuanian: kaukolė
Norwegian: (hode)skalle
Polish: czaszka
Portuguese (Brazil): crânio
Portuguese (Portugal): crânio
Romanian: craniu
Russian: череп
Slovak: lebka
Slovenian: lobanja
Spanish: calavera
Swedish: skalle
Turkish: kafatası
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skull    Audio Help   (skŭl)  Pronunciation Key 
The part of the skeleton that forms the framework of the head, consisting of the bones of the cranium, which protect the brain, and the bones of the face. See more at skeleton.

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Skull

Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. Craniums (-?mz), L. Crania (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. ????; akin to ??? head.] The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
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Skull

Scale\ (sk[=a]l), n. [AS. sc[=a]le; perhaps influenced by the kindred Icel. sk[=a]l balance, dish, akin also to D. schaal a scale, bowl, shell, G. schale, OHG. sc[=a]la, Dan. skaal drinking cup, bowl, dish, and perh. to E. scale of a fish. Cf. Scale of a fish, Skull the brain case.]

1. The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.

Long time in even scale The battle hung. --Milton.

The scales are turned; her kindness weighs no more Now than my vows. --Waller.

2. pl. (Astron.) The sign or constellation Libra.

Platform scale. See under Platform.
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