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noun
A round bowl-like container, used in construction work and usually carried on one's head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The skull or neurocranium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: brainpan, harnpan
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History
From Middle English heed panne, heved pan, from Old English hēafodpanne (“skull”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubudapannā, equivalent to head + pan. Cognate with Middle Low German hö̂vetpanne (“head, skull”).
