the skull; any of the individual bones of the skull.

The skull; = brainpan, n.

The skull, esp. the upper part of the skull. Also, more generally: the head. Cf. harn-pan, n. Now chiefly Scottish.

The skull; spec. = braincase, n.

The bony case or frame containing or enclosing the brain of man or other vertebrate animals; the cranium; also, the whole bony framework or…

The skull, the brain-pan.

the skull; (in later use) spec. the cranium or neurocranium.

A skull.

the skull. Obsolete.

The cranium.

= cranium, n., skull.

The cranium, the skull. Cf. pan, n.1 6a. Obsolete. rare.

Chiefly humorous. The skull; the brain; the mind. Now rare.

Skull, head.

Chiefly Scottish. A skull. Now rare.

The part of the skull that contains the brain; the cranium (cranium, n. 1a) or neurocranium.

The part of the body that contains the brain; the head or the skull; spec. = braincase, n. Cf. earlier brainpan, n. 1.

= pericranium, n. 2.

The head, skull.

Anatomy, etc. more widely. The bones of the whole head collectively; the skull.

the part of the skull enclosing the brain.