What is the meaning of Loggerhead?

  • (n.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
  • (n.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
  • (n.) A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
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MLAWebster's. "loggerhead" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/loggerhead/definitions/2028663>
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