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jolt head, jolt-head ? Obs.
Also 6 cholt-, iolte-, ioulte-, iollt-, 7 ioult-.
[Origin obscure: see note to jolt v.]
†1. prop. jolt head |ˈdʒəʊltˈhɛd|: A large, clumsy, or heavy head; a stupid head. Obs.
1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 993/1 A mastyffe hath..a greate iolte head, and a great mosel. 1605B. Jonson Volpone v. viii, Your red saucy cap, that seemes (to me) Nayl'd to your iolt-head. 1680Lond. Gaz. No. 1531/4 The other a darker Bay with a jolt head. 1701Grew Cosm. Sacra i. v. §25 He must then have had a Jolt Head.
2. (ˈdʒəʊlthɛd.) A heavy-headed or thick-headed person; a blockhead. Also attrib.
1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 126 Take him for a ioultehedd and a senseless brute. 1653Urquhart Rabelais Prol. (Rtldg.) 18 Hearken, Joltheads. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy IX. xxv, Ninny-hammers, goose-caps, jolt-heads.
attrib.1664Flodden F. i. 7 At home is left none in the Land, But joult-head Monks and brosten Fryers. |