cittern-head

== English == === Alternative forms === citternhead === Etymology === So called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. === Noun === cittern-head (plural cittern-heads) (obsolete) A blockhead; a dunce. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cittern-head. === References === “cittern-head”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.