PATE

Ps 7:16, an obsolete word for head, or top of the head.

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pate. Pate, n. the head or its skin, a kind of half moon

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Pate (?), n. [[Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]] 1. 1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. Ps. vii. 16. Fat paunches have lean pate. Shak. 2. 2. The skin of a calf's head.