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noun

Pate n.

A pie. See Patty.

(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.)

Pate n.

The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. (Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.) "His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate." "Fat paunches have lean pate."

The skin of a calf's head.

adjective

Pate adj. (Her.) See Patte.

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Etymology of 'Pate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pate" Quotes from Famous Books

... or dreamed of. Shall I open my parcels for thee?' No, said I, I would not take thy poor gewgaws for a gift. One worm-eaten book is worth them all.—'God restore thy reason!' said he, 'and give thee wisdom before thou diest; and that, by thy wrinkles and hairless pate must be soon.' What more of false he would have added I know not, for at that moment he sprang from where he sat like one suddenly mad, exclaiming, 'Holy Abraham! what do my eyes behold, or do they ...

— Aurelian - or, Rome in the Third Century • William Ware

... for he had associated much with Europeans in his younger days and had adopted many of their customs. On Sundays he always wore to church coat, trousers, shirt, collar and necktie and boots (minus socks) and covered his bald pate with a wide hat or fala leaf. Moreover, he ...

— The Call Of The South - 1908 • Louis Becke

... what you are saying?' stammered the mother. 'You will learn no trade, and have only the five gold pieces left you by your father, and can you really expect that the sultan would give his daughter to a penniless bald-pate ...

— The Olive Fairy Book • Various

... behooves all serious thinkers more than ever to use their logical common sense to supply the place once occupied by the old ideals. Nothing is so arrogant as ignorance—and loud shouting ever concealed an empty pate. ...

— Three Things • Elinor Glyn

... liked that. At least she isn't a rattle-pate. And we shall get acquainted; we shall like each other. She will understand me when you bring her home here to live with ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

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