rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head
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a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised
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the dome of the skull
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Skullcap \Skull"cap`\, n. 1. A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
2. (Bot.) Any plant of the labiate genus {Scutellaria}, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The Lophiomys.
{Mad-dog skullcap} (Bot.), an American herb ({Scetellaria lateriflora}) formerly prescribed as a cure for hydrophobia.
The bespectacled Robbins was wearing the skullcap of a religious Jew at the time of the attack.
To illustrate the point, he recalled that when he first arrived in Israel, people speculated that his wife, Avital, would force him to wear the skullcap worn by observant Jews.
The markets bustle with more traditionally clad women wearing the "chadri," an all-enveloping veil that descends in pleats from a skullcap with only a coarse mesh panel over the eyes to let the wearer see out.
'Of course - it's business,' laughs one as he sells me a kippa, a Jewish skullcap which I must wear to visit a rabbi later.
"In side curls and skullcap, Hoffman gave Shylock humor, a passion for revenge and a tortured dignity when he loses all.
But there are other encounters that seem genuine, like the one with a man in a crocheted white skullcap who declared himself a "mujahed," one of those seeking to oust the government.
The bearded Robbins was wearing a Jewish skullcap when attacked.