† ˈdull-pate Obs.
= dull-head. So ˈdull-ˌpated a., dull-headed.
| 15.. Doctour doubble ale 47 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 304 They folowe perlowes lechis, And doctours dulpatis, That falsely to them pratis. 1580 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 439 Grose and dull pated. 1590 Swinburne Testaments 39 b, For his dull capacity he might worthily bee tearmed Grossum caput, a dulpate or a dunse. 1668 Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. i. xxiv. 59 Blockheads and dull-pated Asses. 1705 Hickeringill Wks. (1716) III. 218 Dul-pates. |