pate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]
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]