Skull vs Skall - What's the difference?
skull | skall |
(anatomy) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; the cranium.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
A symbol for death; death's-head
* 1586 , , Albion’s England :
* 1601 , (Philemon Holland) (translator), (Pliny the Elder) (author), ,
As verbs the difference between skull and skall
is that skull is to hit in the head with a fist, a weapon, or a thrown object while skall is to scale; to mount.As a noun skull
is the main bones of the head considered as a unit; the cranium.skull
English
(wikipedia skull)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), probably from (etyl) . Compare (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skull?s=tAlternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull'—perhaps a cow's '''skull''', a '''skull''', perhaps, with the teeth in it. Sobbing, but absent-mindedly, he ran farther and farther away until he held the ' skull in his arms.
Derived terms
* numskull, numbskull * skull and crossbones * (l)Synonyms
* brainpan * cranium (anatomy) * harnpanMeronyms
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Etymology 2
See .Noun
(en noun)- A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
book IX, chapter xv: “Of the names and natures of many fishes.”:
- These fishs, togither with the old Tunies and the young, called Pelamides, enter in great flotes and skulls , into the sea Pontus, for the sweet food that they there find: and every companie of them hath their fever all leaders and captaines; and before them all, the Maquerels lead the way; which, while they be in the water, have a colour of brimstone; but without, like they be to the rest.