Noah Webster
Pate
PATE, noun
1. The head, or rather the top of the head; applied to persons, it is now used in contempt or ridicule.
2. The skin of a calf's head.
3. In fortification, a kind of platform resembling what is called a horse shoe.
PATE, noun
1. The head, or rather the top of the head; applied to persons, it is now used in contempt or ridicule.
2. The skin of a calf's head.
3. In fortification, a kind of platform resembling what is called a horse shoe.