jolt-headed, a. ? Obs.
(ˈdʒəʊltˌhɛdɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
Having a ‘jolt head’, i.e. a large, clumsy, or heavy head; thick-headed. Now only fig.
| 1552 Huloet, Cholt headed felow, whose heade is as greate as a betle or mall, tuditanus. 1655 Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 274 A kind of jolt-headed Gudgeons. 1865 tr. Hugo's Hunchback v. iii. (Chapman & Hall) 169 'Twas cruel to make a Tantalus of the jolt-headed cub. |