Riverside Care Center (health) and skull(1) (iou)

Riverside Care Center (health)

The Riverside Care Center is a hospital in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States.

skull(1) (iou)

skull noun1. ME.
[Origin unkn. Cf. Old Norse skoltr (Norwegian skolt, skult, Swedish skult, dial. skulle).]
1. The bone framework or skeleton of the head, esp. that part enclosing the brain, in people and Other vertebrate animals; the cranium. ME.
R. Frame He had fallen badly, tripped backwards...And split his skull.
b. The head as the centre of thought or intellect. E16.
R. S. Thomas Stray thoughts pass Over the floor of my wide skull. J. O'Faolain Couldn't get it through their skulls that now the outsiders were their own people.
c. Orig., the head of an Oxford college. Now gen. (chiefly US & Austral.), a chief, a head, an expert. slang. E18.
G. Johnston All the brass-hats and the skulls down at the Barracks.
d. A representation of a human skull, esp. as a symbol of death or mortality. E19.
2. The crown of the head; the pate. LME.
M. Dibdin His reddish hair was cropped close to the skull.
3. = SKULLCAP 1b. E16-L17.
4. Metallurgy. (A crust of) partially cooled molten metal, esp. steel. L18.
Phrases: a skull slang per person. bored out of one's skull slang beside oneself with boredom, bored stiff. out of one's skull slang out of one's mind, crazy. skull and crossbones a representation of a bare skull above two crossed thigh-bones symbolizing death, esp. on a pirate's flag.
Comb.: skull-buster US slang a taxing problem or course of action; skull-busting adjective (US slang) strong, powerful; skull-fish Whaling a whalebone whale above two years of age; skull session US slang a discussion, a conference.
skulled adjective having a (specified kind of) skull L19.
skullery noun (rare) (a place containing) a collection of skulls E19.
skull-less [-l-l-] adjective L19.

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