loggerhead
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gərˌhɛd, ˈlɒg noun
1.
a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
4.
a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
7.
at loggerheads, engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling: They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.
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log·ger·head·ed, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: loggerhead turtle a large-headed turtle, Caretta caretta, occurring in most seas: family Chelonidae |
| 2. | loggerhead shrike a North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, having a grey head and body, black-and-white wings and tail, and black facial stripe |
| 3. | a tool consisting of a large metal sphere attached to a long handle, used for warming liquids, melting tar, etc |
| 4. | a strong round upright post in a whaleboat for belaying the line of a harpoon |
| 5. | archaic, dialect or a blockhead; dunce |
| 6. | at loggerheads engaged in dispute or confrontation |
| [C16: probably from dialect logger wooden block + | |
| 'loggerheaded | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
loggerhead
1588, "stupid person, blockhead," from dial. logger "heavy block of wood." Later it meant "a thick-headed iron tool" (1687), a type of cannon shot, a type of turtle (1657). Loggerheads "fighting, fisticuffs" is from 1680, but the exact notion is uncertain, perhaps it suggests the heavy tools used as
weapons. The phrase at loggerheads "in disagreement" is first recorded 1831.
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Example sentences
Loggerhead turtles nest on beaches where footprints are harder to find than shark's teeth.
Loggerhead sea turtles are currently listed as threatened throughout their range.
Scientists have studied the differences between green sea turtles and loggerhead sea turtles in this area.
Watch for the loggerhead sea turtles that sometimes nest on the refuge.
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