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[syn: pate, poll, crown]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Patt'e \Pat`t['e]"\, Pattee \Pat*tee"\, a. [F. patt['e], fem.
patt['e]e, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Patten.] (Her.)
Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or
having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See
Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also pat['e], patee.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, a. (Her.)
See Patt['e].
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, n. [F. p[^a]t['e].]
1. A pie. See Patty.
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2. (Fort.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an
oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to
cover a gate of a fortified place. [R.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pate \Pate\, n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby
head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now
generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
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His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
--Ps. vii. 16.
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Fat paunches have lean pate. --Shak.
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2. The skin of a calf's head.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pate
n 1: liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously
seasoned
2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]