wolf's head

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wolf's head

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Calque of Latin caput lupinum.

noun wolf's heads

UK, obsolete In mediaeval times, an outlaw; one who may be slain without judicial enquiry. “Bonny times,” he said, “I have lived to see, when a lad of Earl Oslac’s blood is sent out of the land, a beggar and a wolf’s head, for playing a boy’s trick or two, and upsetting a shaveling priest.”.

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@misc{wolf_s_head_2026,
  title = {wolf's head},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wolf's%20head},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}