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† ˈwattle-head Obs. rare. [? f. wattle n.1 (sense 1, as designating a weak building-material).] A weak-headed person. So wattle-headed a.
1613Wither Abuses i. Sat. i. 127 But he that is with such a humor led I may be bold to terme a watle-head. Ibid. Sat. v. 90 Our watle-headed Gallants would but flout At their well tempred passions. 1866G. A. Lawrence Sans Merci III. 3 The damsel's father was an easy-going and something ‘wattle-headed’ elder. |