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Skullcap

noun

Rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head.

A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised. Synonym: helmetflower.

The dome of the skull. Synonym: calvaria.

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"Skullcap" Quotes from Famous Books

... Melrose appeared. And there was no denying that in general he proved himself an agreeable companion—a surprisingly agreeable companion. He would come slouching in, wearing the shabbiest clothes, and a black skullcap on his flowing gray hair; looking one moment like the traditional doctor of the Italian puppet-play, gaunt, long-fingered, long-featured, his thin, pallid face a study in gray amid its black surroundings; and the next, playing the ...

— The Mating of Lydia • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... hair. If this wig cannot be had, simulate it thus: make a tight-fitting skull-cap of black cheesecloth. Stitch it where the parting in the hair should come. Make two braids of plaited black cheesecloth, and fasten them to the skullcap so that they will fall over the ears. They should be bound with a few wisps of red and green. Noctah wears neither war-paint nor feathers, but his face and hands ...

— Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People • Constance D'Arcy Mackay

... distrust, like oil on fire. He raised his head up in the bed, and, fixing on her two dark eyes whose brightness was exaggerated by the paleness of his hollow cheeks, as they in turn, together with his straggling locks of long grey hair, were rendered whiter by the tight black velvet skullcap which he wore, he searched ...

— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens

Words linked to "Skullcap" : braincase, bone, cap, herbaceous plant, beanie, brainpan, yarmelke, coif, beany, yarmulka, calvaria, cranium, mad-dog skullcap, helmetflower, yarmulke, os, herb