or blockpate, subs. (old).—A stupid fellow; a WOODENHEAD (q.v.); See BUFFLE.
1705. WARD, Hudibras Redivivus, I. vii. 6.
| Old friend, said I, to tell you truth, | |
| I have not heard from BLOCK-HEAD’S mouth | |
| Such worthless cant, such senseless blunders, | |
| Such frothy quibbles and cunnunders, | |
| Such wicked stuff, such poys’nous babble, | |
| Such uncouth, wretched ribble rabble. |
