a. [f. prec. (or its elements) + -ED.]
† 1. Having a head like a buffalo’s. Obs.
1697. Evelyn, Numism., ix. 293. There are remarked the Goat and Buffle-headed.
1713. C’tess Winchilsea, Misc. Poems, 117. None but buffle-headed Trees.
2. transf. and fig. a. Large-headed. b. Foolish, stupid.
1654. Gayton, Festiv. Notes, III. iv. 90. So fell this buffle-headed gyant by the hand of Don Quixot.
1675. Wycherley, Pl. Dealer, II. i. You know nothing, you buffle-headed stupid creature, you.
a. 1736. Yalden, Owl & Sun. A saucy buffle-headed owl.
1871. Dixon, Tower, IV. iv. 34. A drinking, buffle-headed fellow.
