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Flathead

Flat′headˊ

,
Adj.
Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

Flat′headˊ

,
Noun.
(Ethnol.)
A Chinook Indian. See
Chinook
,
Noun.
, 1.

Definition 2024

Flathead

Flathead

See also: flathead

English

Noun

Flathead ‎(plural Flatheads)

  1. One of the Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia.

Proper noun

Flathead

  1. Their Salishan language.

Synonyms

flathead

flathead

See also: Flathead

English

Noun

flathead ‎(plural flatheads)

  1. Any fish in the Platycephalidae family.
  2. A type of **** or bolt designed to fit in a countersink so that it sits flush with a surface.
  3. (automotive) A type of engine that has the valves placed in the engine block beside the piston, instead of in the cylinder head, as in an overhead valve engine.

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Etymology

flat +‎ head, from the practice of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means. However, the Salish tribe never practised this custom, the confusion arising from the fact that the early traders felt compelled to adopt the local Indian classification, which considered the prevailing compressed skull of the neighbouring tribes as pointed and the naturally shaped Salish skull by contrast as flat.

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