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brainpan
/ˈbɹeɪnpan/
noun 2
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1BRAINPAN + NOUN
kens
Definitions
noun
1
The braincase; the skull.
Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.
Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.
2
The brain or mind.
‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’
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Synonyms
noun — the part of the skull that encloses the brain
- cranium
- braincase
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Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.
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Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.
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‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’
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