pate

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The human head, especially the top of the head.
• noun The mind or brain.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The crown or top of the head, whether of a person or of an animal; in general, the head; the poll; the noddle: usually employed in a trivial or derogatory sense, like noddle, etc.
• noun The skin of a calf's head. Imp. Dict.
• noun Wit; cleverness; “brains”; “head.”
• noun In the fur trade, the fur from a black patch on the head of the wild rabbit.
• noun A badger.
• Weak and sickly.
• noun The flesh split obtained in splitting or leveling a side of leather.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun Now generally used in contempt or ridicule. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
• noun The skin of a calf's head.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The head, particularly the top or crown.
• noun archaic Wit, cleverness, cognitive abilities.
• noun Alternative spelling of pâté. (finely-ground paste of meat, fish, etc.)
• noun The interior body, or non-rind portion of cheese, described by its texture, density, and color.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the top of the head
• noun liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned