·adj Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild.
·vt To scatter about. II. Shatter ·vi To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Having a pate; — used only in composition; as, long-pated; shallow-pated. ...
·adj ·Alt. of Shatter-pated. ...
·adj Dull-witted; stupid. ...
·adj Feather-headed; frivolous. ...
·adj Idle-headed; stupid. ...
·adj ·Alt. of Nott-pated. ...
·adj ·same·as Nott-headed. ...
·adj Rattle-headed. ...
·adj Shallow-brained. ...
Ginger-hackled, red-haired. See ginger-hackled. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Red haired: a term borrowed from the cockpit, where red cocks are called gingers, ...
White or fair-haired. ...