PATES

Noun

pates

plural of pate

Anagrams

• Pesta, aspet, paste, peats, sepat, septa, septa-, spate, speat, stape, tapes, tepas

Source: Wiktionary


PATE

Pa`té", a. (Her.)

Definition: See Patté.

Pa`té", n. Etym: [F. pâté.]

1. A pie. See Patty.

2. (Fort.)

Definition: 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.]

Pate, n. Etym: [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.] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. Ps. vii. 16. Fat paunches have lean pate. Shak.

2. The skin of a calf's head.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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