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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned;

2. the top of the head;
[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.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, a. (Her.) See Patt['e]. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. --Ps. vii. 16. [1913 Webster] Fat paunches have lean pate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The skin of a calf's head. [1913 Webster]
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]