thatched head (thachthed)

One whose hair is matted together: formerly applied contemptuously to an Irish man, from his thickly matted hair. See glib2. Ere ye go, sirrah Thatch'd -head, would'st not thou Be whipp'd, and think it justice? Beau . and Fl . , Coxcomb, ii. thatcher (thach'èr), n. [Also dial. thacker , theek er ; thacchere , theker , the cere ( = D. dekker = OHG. dechari , MHG. G. decker = Dan. tækker ), a thatcher, theccan , thatch: see thatch .] One whose occupation is to thatch houses. You merit new employments daily; Our thatcher , ditcher, gard'ner, baily. Swift .