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Definition of Poppyhead
1. Noun. (architecture) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poppyhead
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poppyhead
Literary usage of Poppyhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"... Gottel, Rust's Mag., 1825 (Frank's Mag., 1, 597), effects of fresh juice of
a poppyhead, in a child four weeks old ; 150, Olivier, Archiv. gen. de Med., ..."
2. A Brage-beaker with the Swedes: Or, Notes from the North in 1852 by Blanchard Jerrold (1854)
"I think poppyhead objected to the bombardment as unchristian, seeing that it must
... I will answer for poppyhead, that he would have snored throughout the ..."
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