mazard (1), mazzard

[Etym. doubtful; perhaps a corrupt. of mazer =a bowl.] *1. The head, the skull. "And [they], when flushed with wine and luck, Scored Charleys' o'er the mazard ." London Punch, 2. A kind of black cherry, esteemed for making cherry brandy. It is Cerasus avium . "Red quarrenders and mazard cherries."-C. Kingsley Westward Ho! ch. i.