head-mould-shotn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdməʊldʃɒt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdmoʊldʃɑt/

Forms: 1600s– head-mould-shot, 1700s– head-mold-shot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, mould n.², shot.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + mould n.² + shot, past participle of shoot v. Compare later head-mould-shottenness n. and mould-shot n.²

Now historical.

Disease or injury affecting the sutures or bones of the skull. Cf. mould-shot n.²Used chiefly in bills of mortality in the 17th and 18th centuries, in which it is usually not clear whether the condition affected children, adults, or both. In quot. 1750 head-mould-shot and horseshoe-head are included among diseases of children (cf. also head-mould-shottenness n., which was taken to be inflammation of the brain in children).In the 18th cent., often identified as overriding of the bones of the skull, which is not uncommon (and usually not pathological) in infants in the first few days after delivery; cf. quot. 1719, and mould-shot n.²In the 19th and 20th centuries, sometimes identified as hydrocephalus, perhaps because of its frequent inclusion with horseshoe head and water in the head in many bills of mortality.In quot. 1816 apparently understood as: premature closure of the sutures of the skull.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of skull

head-mould-shot1650

head-mould-shottenness1684

mould-shot1752

microcephalus1850

iniencephalus1857

microcephalism1861

microcephaly1863

plagiocephaly1873

trigonocephaly1878

trochocephaly1878

leontiasis1885

iniencephaly1902

1650 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 14. 174 The totall of all the Burials this week, 185. Whereof of the Plague 0. Executed 1. Head mould shot 1. [etc.].

1719 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum Head-Mould-shot, is when the Sutures of the Skull, generally the Coronal, ride; that is, have their Edges shoot over one another.

1750 T. Short New Observ. Bills of Mortality 199 (table) Head-mold Shot, Horse-shoe Head.

1781 Gentleman's Mag. 51 633 (Lond. Bills of Mortality) Headmouldshot, Horseshoehead, and Water in the Head..20.

1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) XI. 127/2 The Head-mould-shot is a disease wherein the sutures are so close locked together, as to compress the internal parts, the meninges, or even the brain.

1840 Lancet 11 Apr. 86/1 This disease [sc. water in the head] in the old Tables was named curiously, as Head-mold shot, Horse-shoe head, &c.

1962 Lancet 10 Feb. 320/2 What, oh what was Head-Mould-Shot?

2008 J. Palen Harry Truman All the Way 21 As a child did you have headmouldshot, quinsy, or rising of the lights?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	head-mould-shot
释义	head-mould-shotn. Brit. /ˈhɛdməʊldʃɒt/, U.S. /ˈhɛdmoʊldʃɑt/ Forms: 1600s– head-mould-shot, 1700s– head-mold-shot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, mould n.², shot. Etymology: < head n.¹ + mould n.² + shot, past participle of shoot v. Compare later head-mould-shottenness n. and mould-shot n.² Now historical. Disease or injury affecting the sutures or bones of the skull. Cf. mould-shot n.²Used chiefly in bills of mortality in the 17th and 18th centuries, in which it is usually not clear whether the condition affected children, adults, or both. In quot. 1750 head-mould-shot and horseshoe-head are included among diseases of children (cf. also head-mould-shottenness n., which was taken to be inflammation of the brain in children).In the 18th cent., often identified as overriding of the bones of the skull, which is not uncommon (and usually not pathological) in infants in the first few days after delivery; cf. quot. 1719, and mould-shot n.²In the 19th and 20th centuries, sometimes identified as hydrocephalus, perhaps because of its frequent inclusion with horseshoe head and water in the head in many bills of mortality.In quot. 1816 apparently understood as: premature closure of the sutures of the skull. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of skull head-mould-shot1650 head-mould-shottenness1684 mould-shot1752 microcephalus1850 iniencephalus1857 microcephalism1861 microcephaly1863 plagiocephaly1873 trigonocephaly1878 trochocephaly1878 leontiasis1885 iniencephaly1902 1650 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 14. 174 The totall of all the Burials this week, 185. Whereof of the Plague 0. Executed 1. Head mould shot 1. [etc.]. 1719 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum Head-Mould-shot, is when the Sutures of the Skull, generally the Coronal, ride; that is, have their Edges shoot over one another. 1750 T. Short New Observ. Bills of Mortality 199 (table) Head-mold Shot, Horse-shoe Head. 1781 Gentleman's Mag. 51 633 (Lond. Bills of Mortality) Headmouldshot, Horseshoehead, and Water in the Head..20. 1816 Encycl. Perthensis (ed. 2) XI. 127/2 The Head-mould-shot is a disease wherein the sutures are so close locked together, as to compress the internal parts, the meninges, or even the brain. 1840 Lancet 11 Apr. 86/1 This disease [sc. water in the head] in the old Tables was named curiously, as Head-mold shot, Horse-shoe head, &c. 1962 Lancet 10 Feb. 320/2 What, oh what was Head-Mould-Shot? 2008 J. Palen Harry Truman All the Way 21 As a child did you have headmouldshot, quinsy, or rising of the lights? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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