01 n. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
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A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
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2.
A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
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3.
An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast.(Naut.)
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A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta syn. Thalassochelys caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.(Zool.) Also: logger-headed turtle
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An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.(Zool.) See: Shrike
Phrases & compounds
To be at loggerheads —
to quarrel; to be at strife.