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buffle-headed, a.|ˈbʌf(ə)lˌhɛdɪd|
[f. prec. (or its elements) + -ed.]
†1. Having a head like a buffalo's. Obs.
1697Evelyn Numism. ix. 293 There are remarked the Goat and Buffle-headed. 1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 117 None but buffle-headed Trees.
2. transf. and fig.
a. Large-headed.
b. Foolish, stupid.
1654Gayton Fest. Notes iii. iv. 90 So fell this buffle-headed gyant by the hand of Don Quixot. 1675Wycherley Pl. Dealer ii. i, You know nothing, you buffle-headed stupid creature, you. a1736Yalden Owl & Sun, A saucy buffle-headed owl. 1871Dixon Tower IV. iv. 34 A drinking, buffle-headed fellow.
3. U.S. (See quots. and buffle-head 2)
1831Wilson & Bonaparte Amer. Ornith. III. 232 Anas albeola..Buffel-headed Duck. 1840E. Blyth et al. tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 264 The little Buffel-headed Garrot (Anas albeola Lin.), common in North America, is nearly allied [to the Golden-eyed Garrot]. 1874J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 279 Buffle-headed Duck (Fuligula alvesta). |