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No hurt, verily, onely the word signifies, and the reason is, saith Varro, being a great deriver from originals, it is called occiput for that the former part of the head looks likest the Oxe.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)