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hard head

–noun Metallurgy.
semirefined tin containing iron.
Also, hardhead.


Origin:
1510–20

hard⋅head

1[hahrd-hed]
–noun
1. a shrewd, practical person.
2. a blockhead.
3. a freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California.
4. the Atlantic croaker. See under croaker (def. 2).
5. hardhead sponge.
6. hardheads. a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra.
7. hard head.

Origin:
1510–20; hard + head

hard⋅head

2[hahrd-hed]
–noun
an alloyed silver coin of Scotland, issued in the 16th and 17th centuries, equal to one and one-half pence and later to twopence.
Also called lion.


Origin:
1555–65; perh. (by folk etymology) < F hardit, after Philip III, named le Hardi the Bold (1245–85), king of France, who first issued the coin
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hard·head   (härd'hěd')   
n.  
  1. A shrewd, tough person.

  2. A stubborn, unmovable person.

  3. pl. hardhead or hard·heads Any of several fishes having a bony head, especially the Atlantic croaker.

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