esp. A bushy head of hair. (Very common in 16th cent.: of hair is now expressed.)

a bushy head of hair.

A mass of matted hair; also shreds (of bark).

A covering of hair, wool, etc., esp. when thick and matted; a fleece. Often in a fell of hair: a head or shock of hair. Also in extended use.

A thick mass of hair, leaves, etc., suggestive of or resembling the head of a mop. See also moptop n. at compounds 2.

Scottish. An unkempt or thick mass of bushy hair. Cf. hassock-head n. at compounds 2.

A thick head of hair; a person having such hair. Cf. mop, n.4 2.

A head covered with a thick crop of hair.

A thick mass (of hair).

A tousled mass or mop (of hair).