Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An empty-headed person.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A blockhead; a dunce.

Etymologies

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So called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.

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