Pate

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patt'e \Pat`t['e]"\, Pattee \Pat*tee"\, a. [F. patt['e], fem.
     patt['e]e, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. {Patten}.] (Her.)
     Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or
     having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See
     Illust. (8) of {Cross}. [Written also {pat['e]}, {patee}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, a. (Her.)
     See {Patt['e]}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, n. [F. p[^a]t['e].]
     1. A pie. See {Patty}.
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     2. (Fort.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an
        oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to
        cover a gate of a fortified place. [R.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pate \Pate\, n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby
     head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
     1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now
        generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
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              His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
              violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
                                                    --Ps. vii. 16.
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              Fat paunches have lean pate.          --Shak.
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     2. The skin of a calf's head.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pate
       n 1: liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously
            seasoned
       2: the top of the head [syn: {poll}, {crown}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "pate":
     Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, bean, belfry, blintz, brain,
     brow, chocolate eclair, chump, cream puff, crown, dome, dowdy,
     eclair, encephalon, gray matter, head, headpiece, noddle, noggin,
     noodle, organ of thought, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie,
     patty, patty-shell, pie, poll, puff, quiche, ridge, rosette,
     sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory, strudel,
     tart, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent