HEADMOLD-SHOT, noun A disease in children, in which the sutures of the skull, usually the coronal, ride, that is, when their edges shoot over one another, and are so close-locked as to compress the brain; often occasioning convulsions and death.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.