pat[e]

Patt'e \Pat`t['e]"\, Pattee \Pat*tee"\, a. [F. patt['e], fem.
   patt['e]e, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. {Patten}.] (Her.)
   Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or
   having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See
   Illust. (8) of {Cross}. [Written also {pat['e]}, {patee}.]
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Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, a. (Her.)
   See {Patt['e]}.
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Pat'e \Pa`t['e]"\, n. [F. p[^a]t['e].]
   1. A pie. See {Patty}.
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   2. (Fort.) A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an
      oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to
      cover a gate of a fortified place. [R.]
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Pate \Pate\, n. [Cf. LG. & Prov. G. pattkopf, patzkopf, scabby
   head; patt, patz, scab + kopf head.]
   1. The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now
      generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
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            His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
            violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
                                                  --Ps. vii. 16.
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            Fat paunches have lean pate.          --Shak.
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   2. The skin of a calf's head.
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "pate":
      Danish pastry, French pastry, baklava, bean, belfry, blintz, brain,
      brow, chocolate eclair, chump, cream puff, crown, dome, dowdy,
      eclair, encephalon, gray matter, head, headpiece, noddle, noggin,
      noodle, organ of thought, pandowdy, pastry, pasty, patisserie,
      patty, patty-shell, pie, poll, puff, quiche, ridge, rosette,
      sconce, seat of thought, sensation, sensorium, sensory, strudel,
      tart, timbale, tipsy cake, trifle, turnover, vol-au-vent