buffle-headed, a.
(ˈbʌf(ə)lˌhɛdɪd)
[f. prec. (or its elements) + -ed.]
† 1. Having a head like a buffalo's. Obs.
| 1697 Evelyn Numism. ix. 293 There are remarked the Goat and Buffle-headed. 1713 C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 117 None but buffle-headed Trees. |
2. transf. and fig. a. Large-headed. b. Foolish, stupid.
| 1654 Gayton Fest. Notes iii. iv. 90 So fell this buffle-headed gyant by the hand of Don Quixot. 1675 Wycherley Pl. Dealer ii. i, You know nothing, you buffle-headed stupid creature, you. a 1736 Yalden Owl & Sun, A saucy buffle-headed owl. 1871 Dixon Tower IV. iv. 34 A drinking, buffle-headed fellow. |
3. U.S. (See quots. and buffle-head 2)
| 1831 Wilson & Bonaparte Amer. Ornith. III. 232 Anas albeola..Buffel-headed Duck. 1840 E. Blyth et al. tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 264 The little Buffel-headed Garrot (Anas albeola Lin.), common in North America, is nearly allied [to the Golden-eyed Garrot]. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 279 Buffle-headed Duck (Fuligula alvesta). |