Casse-tete

·add. ·noun A small war club, ·esp. of savages;

— so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull.

casse
cassē, a false conjectural reading for the MS. cassae, Liv. 24, 26, 10 Drak.; v. Weissenb. ad loc. ...

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tete
tētē, v. tu. ...

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Tete
·noun A kind of wig; false hair. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Tete-a-tete
·adj Private; confidential; familiar. II. Tete-a-tete ·noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two...

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Casse Paper
·- Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream. ...

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sauve-tete
See splinter-netting. ...

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Tete-de-pont
·noun A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications acr...

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tete de pont
A work covering the farther end of a bridge from assault from the country beyond. ...

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