raw-head
/ˈrɔːhɛd/noun
1Frequently in form Raw-head. A bugbear or bogeyman, typically imagined as having a head in the form of a skull, or one whose flesh has been stripped of its skin, invoked to frighten children. Also occasionally: a skull.
2In allusive or figurative use.
Origin
Mid 16th century. From raw + head. Compare Bloody Bones and later raw-flesh, raw neck.
- scratch one's head
- scratch pad
- scratchplate
- scratch-resistant
- scratch test
- scratch the surface
- scratch video
- scratchy
- scrawl
- scrawly
- scrawniness
- scrawny
- scream
- screamer
- screamingly
- screaming meemie
- scream (or yell) blue (or bloody) murder
- scree
- screech
- screech beetle
- screecher
- screech owl
- screechy
- screed
- screeding