the skull

Definition of the skull in English English dictionary: scull; cranial; pannicle
To him he turned, and with rigour fell / Smote him so rudely on the Pannikell, / That to the chin he cleft his head in twaine .
skull: The main bone of the head; the cranium
He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull—perhaps a cow's skull, a skull, perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the skull in his arms.
skull: A symbol for death; death's-head
skull: To hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object
skull: {n} the bone that incloses the brain, a shoal
skull: The bone surrounding your brain that acts like a helmet, helping to protect your brain
skull: of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix
skull: includes both the cranium and mandible
skull: The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth
skull: the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
skull: A school, company, or shoal
skull: Your skull is the bony part of your head which encloses your brain. Her husband was later treated for a fractured skull. Skeletal framework of the head. With the exception of the lower jaw, its bones meet in immovable joints (sutures) to form a unit that encloses and protects the brain and sense organs and gives shape to the face. The cranium, the upper part enclosing the brain, comprising the frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, is globular and relatively large compared to the facial portion. Its base has an opening through which the spinal cord connects to the brain. The skull sits on the top vertebra (atlas), which permits back-and-forth motion. For side-to-side motion, the atlas turns on the next vertebra (axis). See also craniosynostosis, fontanel
skull: The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind
skull: Hitting the ball above it's centre, thus making it fly very low to the ground
skull: A sort of oar
skull: A covering for the head; a skullcap
skull: A symbol for death; deaths-head
skull: Part of a helmet that covers the top, back and sides of the head above the ears
skull: To hit the upper part of ball, causing a fast, low shot
skull: (also "blade, thin, belly") when the ball is contacted with the leading edge instead of the face of the club, producing a low trajectory shot with less than the usual amount of spin Example: He hit a good drive, but then skulled/bladed/thinned/bellied his wedge shot
skull: {i} bony framework that encloses the brain and forms the head and face in vertebrates; mind, brain
skull: (aka: "blade", hit it thin", "belly", "scull") when the ball is contacted with the leading edge of the flange of the club rather than the face of the club The resulting trajectory is noticibly low Example: "He hit a good drive, but then skulled his wedge over the green "
skull: {i} cranium