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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Loggerhead  \Log"ger*head`\,  n.  [Log  +  head.] 
  1.  A  blockhead;  a  dunce;  a  numskull.  --Shak.  Milton. 
 
  2.  A  spherical  mass  of  iron,  with  a  long  handle,  used  to  heat 
  tar. 
 
  3.  (Naut.)  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  --Ham.  Nav.  Encyc. 
 
  4.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  very  large  marine  turtle  ({Thalassochelys 
  caretta,  or  caouana}),  common  in  the  warmer  parts  of  the 
  Atlantic  Ocean,  from  Brazil  to  Cape  Cod;  --  called  also 
  {logger-headed  turtle}. 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.)  An  American  shrike  ({Lanius  Ludovicianus}), 
  similar  to  the  butcher  bird,  but  smaller.  See  {Shrike}. 
 
  {To  be  at  loggerheads},  {To  fall  to  loggerheads},  or  {To  go 
  to  loggerheads},  to  quarrel;  to  be  at  strife.  --L'  Estrange. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steamer  \Steam"er\,  n. 
  1.  A  vessel  propelled  by  steam;  a  steamship  or  steamboat. 
 
  2.  A  steam  fire  engine.  See  under  {Steam}. 
 
  3.  A  road  locomotive  for  use  on  common  roads,  as  in 
  agricultural  operations. 
 
  4.  A  vessel  in  which  articles  are  subjected  to  the  action  of 
  steam,  as  in  washing,  in  cookery,  and  in  various  processes 
  of  manufacture. 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  steamer  duck. 
 
  {Steamer  duck}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  sea  duck  ({Tachyeres  cinereus}), 
  native  of  Patagonia  and  Terra  del  Fuego,  which  swims  and 
  dives  with  great  agility,  but  which  when  full  grown,  is 
  incapable  of  flight,  owing  to  its  very  small  wings.  Called 
  also  {loggerhead},  {race  horse},  and  {side  wheel  duck}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  loggerhead 
  n  1:  these  words  are  used  to  express  a  low  opinion  of  someone's 
  intelligence  [syn:  {dunce},  {dunderhead},  {numskull},  {blockhead}, 
  {bonehead},  {lunkhead},  {hammerhead},  {knucklehead},  {muttonhead}, 
  {shithead},  {fuckhead}] 
  2:  very  large  carnivorous  sea  turtle;  wide  ranging  in  warm  open 
  seas  [syn:  {loggerhead  turtle},  {Caretta  caretta}]




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