A ‘death's head’; a skull or figure of a skull.

A representation of a human skull, typically imagined as the head of the personification of Death (see death, n. 1c), esp. as an emblem of…

(a representation of) a human skull, esp. as an emblem of mortality or danger; cf. death's head, n. 1, mort-head n. at mort, n.1 compounds.

figurative esp. of death as an overwhelming flood.

= death's head, n.; (also) a person's face which resembles a skull or a death mask.

transferred and figurative, esp. as the attribute of Time or Death.

A death's head, a skull. Obsolete.

The bone of the thigh; the femur; in quot. 1825 as an emblem of death: cf. cross-bones, n.

A representation of a human skull, as an emblem or reminder of death or mortality. Also skull and crossbones, a representation of a bare skull…

Used allusively as the type of a cemetery or as a symbol of death and burial. Also figurative.

A representation of a human skull or skeleton made for or associated with the Mexican celebration, Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead); esp. (in…