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loggerhead

[ law-ger-hed, log-er- ]

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noun

a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
loggerhead turtle.
loggerhead shrike.
a ball or bulb of iron with a long handle, used, after being heated, to melt tar, heat liquids, etc.
a rounded post, in the stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is passed.
a circular inkwell having a broad, flat base.

loggerhead

/ ˈlɒɡəˌhɛd /

Also calledloggerhead turtle a large-headed turtle, Caretta caretta, occurring in most seas: family Chelonidae
loggerhead shrike
a North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, having a grey head and body, black-and-white wings and tail, and black facial stripe
a tool consisting of a large metal sphere attached to a long handle, used for warming liquids, melting tar, etc
a strong round upright post in a whaleboat for belaying the line of a harpoon
archaic.
a blockhead; dunce
at loggerheads
engaged in dispute or confrontation

1580–90; logger block of wood (first attested alone in 18th century) + head

C16: probably from dialect logger wooden block + head

at loggerheads, engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling:
They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.

The loggerhead lays three sets of eggs, each averaging one hundred and seventy.

It is not easy, even at a slight distance, to distinguish the loggerhead from the Northern shrike.

Marry, that you are an ass and a loggerhead, to seek Master Pisaro's house here.

A pleasant smell arose from it; he waited till it foamed up, and then drew the loggerhead out.

He soon had his charger in fair control, but the science of riding a big loggerhead turtle isn't picked up in a minute.

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