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whitehead, a. and n.1|ˈhwaɪthɛd|
(In earlier use as a personal name, e.g. Jon Hwitheaved (1332 in Lit. Cantuar., Rolls, I. 458).)
A. adj.
1. = white-headed. rare.
1577Wolton Cast. Christians E viij, Graue and whyte⁓headde Fathers. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 162 White-head waves.
B. n.
†1. app. A white head-dress. Obs.
1587Acc. Mary Q. Scots (Camden) 31 Parys heades... Whiteheades for gentlewoemen attendaunte uppon the mourners.
2. A name for various species of birds having the head (wholly or partly) white: see quots.
1686R. Blome Gentl. Recreat. II. 37/1 Partridges; the first, when newly hatched, are called White-heads. 1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 52/2 Two other small birds from New Zealand, where they are known as the ‘Whitehead’ and ‘Yellowhead’, were referred to the genus, under the names of O[rthonyx] albic[ap]illa and O. ochrocephala.
3. A West Indian feverfew, Parthenium Hysterophorus.
1864Grisebach Flora W. Ind. Isl. 788.
4. Also white head.
a. A disorder in which the scalp is covered with white spots or crusts.
b. [After blackhead 4.] A white or white-topped pustule.
1911Trans. S. Afr. Med. Congr.: 12th Meeting 165 The so-called ‘white head’, so often seen in Bechuanaland..is a pustular syphilide affecting the scalp. The pustules..tend to coalesce, forming thick whitish crusts... In some cases the head becomes covered, giving the appearance of a solid white cap. 1922Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. & Syphilis XXXIV. 267 The scalp condition we are about to discuss is known to the natives..by the name of wit kop, dikwakwadi, or white head. 1940Becker & Obermayer Mod. Dermatol. & Syphilol. xxix. 521 Milium or ‘white head’ is the name for a tiny, pearly-white globular lesion..with a shiny, translucent surface. 1978Parsons & Sommers Gynecology (ed. 2) xx. 308/1 Closed comedones (‘whiteheads’) are the precursors of the inflammatory papules and pustules that commonly occur. 1982P. M. Margolin Last Innocent Man i. vii. 70 The boy's right hand raised slowly and began to pick at a whitehead on his cheek. |