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BRAIN n. 6 definitions

and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain.

Supplied with brains. If th' other two be brained like us. Shak.

Hot-headed; furious. [R.] Shak.

Without understanding; silly; thougthless; witless. -- Brain"less*ness, n.

The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.

BRAINSICKLY adv.

In a brainsick manner.

Having an active or vigorous mind. [Colloq.]

ADDLE-BRAIN; ADDLE-HEAD; ADDLE-PATE n.

A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [Colloq.]

ADDLE-BRAINED; ADDLE-HEADED; ADDLE-PATED a.

Dull-witted; stupid. "The addle-brained Oberstein." Motley. Dull and addle-pated. Dryden.

CLAY-BRAINED a.

Stupid. [Obs.] Shak.

COCK-BRAINED a.

Giddy; rash. Milton.

CRACK-BRAINED a.

Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.

DULL-BRAINED a.

Stupid; doltish. Shak.

Dull of apprehension.

FEATHER-BRAINED a.

Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]

The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.

See Harebrained.

HAREBRAINED; HARE BRAINED a.

Wild; giddy; volatile; heedless. "A mad hare-brained fellow." North (Plutarch). [Written also hairbrained.]

The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.