headpan

The brain-pan, the skull. head-piece, s. 1. Armor for the head; a helmet, a morion. "A reason for this fiction of the one-eyed Cyclops, was their wearing a head - piece , or martial vizer, that had but one sight."- Broome : On the Ody ey. 2. The ornamental engraving placed at the top of the first page of a book, or at the commencement of a chapter. 3. The head or skull, as containing the brain and seat of thought. IMG:content-1037.png:[blocks in formation]