brainpan

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹeɪnpan/(UK)

Definition of brainpan

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial)The braincase; the skull.
    “Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.”
    “Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.”
    “Fee, fi, fo, fum, / I smell the blood of a Christian man, / Be he dead, be he living, with my brand, / I’ll dash his brains from his brain-pan.”
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noun

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial)The braincase; the skull.
    “Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.”
    “Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.”
    “Fee, fi, fo, fum, / I smell the blood of a Christian man, / Be he dead, be he living, with my brand, / I’ll dash his brains from his brain-pan.”
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial)The brain or mind.
    “‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’”

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Etymology

From Middle English brayn panne, from Old English bræġnpanne, corresponding to brain + pan.

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