skull

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

   “All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head.”

2. isim These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.

   “Thine are these orbs of light and shade; ⁠Thou madest Life in man and brute; ⁠Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.”

3. isim The mind or brain.

   “My thoughts are flying around in my skull like fireflies in a jar, but all of a sudden I'm unbearably tired and can't stay awake.”

4. isim A crust formed on the ladle, etc. by the partial cooling of molten metal.
5. isim The crown of the headpiece in armour.
6. isim A shallow bow-handled basket.
7. isim The head or master of a college.

   “Graduates […] will never forget that majestic stature, that massive brow, that commanding look, as its possessor paced the ante-chapel of his college, or took his seat of presidence among the skulls of Golgotha.”

8. fiil To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object.
9. fiil To strike the top of (the ball).

   “Monte swung so hard at the next ball that he skulled it straight right, into the pond: 8 in, 9 out.”

10. fiil To drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it.

    “She nearly skulled the next drink and, despite feeling a little woozy, she felt a lot better.”

11. isim Obsolete form of school (“a multitude”).

    “A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.”