Loggerhead

Word LOGGERHEAD
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Hyphenation log ger head
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Definitions and meanings of "Loggerhead"

What do we mean by loggerhead?

A loggerhead turtle. noun

An iron tool consisting of a long handle with a bulbous end, used when heated to melt tar or warm liquids. noun

A post on a whaleboat used to secure the harpoon rope. noun

A blockhead; a dolt. noun

(at loggerheads) Engaged in a dispute. idiom

In the southern United States, the common snapping-turtle, Chelydra serpentina. noun

Specifically— in the British West Indies, a name applied to two large tyrant flycatchers, Pitangus caudifas-ciatus, and Myiarchus crinitus. noun

The steamer-duck, Tachyeres cinereus, a flightless water-fowl of the Falkland Islands and Straits of Magellan. noun

A lever or walking-beam which connects the piston-rod of an engine to the pump-plunger. noun

A pewter inkstand, circular and very heavy. noun

A large, heavy head, out of proportion to the body. noun

A blockhead; a dunce; a dolt; a thickskull. noun

A spherical mass of iron with a long handle, used after being heated for various purposes, as to liquefy tar, to ignite the priming of a cannon, etc. Also called loggerheat. noun

A post in the stern of a whale-boat, with a bell-shaped head, around which the harpoon-line passes; a snubbing-post. noun

The hawk-billed turtle, a marine species of the genus Thalassochelys, as the American loggerhead, T. caouana or caretta, or the Indian, T. olivacea; also, the alligator-turtle of the southern United States, Macrochelys lacertina. noun

The small gray or Carolinian shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, a bird of the family Laniidæ, resident and abundant in the southern parts of the United States, and sometimes as far north as New England. noun

A flycatcher. noun

The chub. noun

A kind of sponge found in Florida. noun

Plural The knapweed, Centaurea nigra; also, the blue-bottle, C. Cyanus. noun

A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.

A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.

A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.

(often in the plural) A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).

Used as the name of various animals with large heads.

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The word "loggerhead" in example sentences

For example, ye olde pubs used to heat up alcoholic beverages with an iron poker -- a "loggerhead" -- but sometimes the man in charge of the loggerhead would become drunk on glug and a bit sloppy, suddenly you'd have a poker up the tunic, and all hell would break loose. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's called a loggerhead, and it's big, 500 pounds big. ❋ Unknown (2006)

All the Mediterranean turtle are of the kind called loggerhead, which in the West – Indies are eaten by none but hungry seamen, negroes, and the lowest class of people. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In the after-part is an upright rounded post, called the loggerhead, by which to secure the end of the harpoon-line; and in the bows is a groove through which it runs out. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

At one end, considered the stem, was a strong, upright, rounded piece of wood, called the loggerhead; at the other, or bow, a deep groove for the purpose of allowing the harpoon-line to run through it. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

But Borden said one species, a bird known as the loggerhead shrike, has found a way around the lubbers' poison. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Our water was well tasted, and was kept constantly ventilated; a large piece of iron, also, used for the melting of tar, and called a loggerhead, was heated red-hot, and quenched in it before it was given out to be drank. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

The loggerhead is the most prevalent of five species of threatened or endangered sea turtles that inhabit the ❋ Unknown (2010)

I doubt not that many a "loggerhead" was kept in New England noon-houses and left heating and gathering insinuating goodness in the glowing coals, while the pious owner sat freezing in the meeting-house, also gathering goodness, but internally keeping warm at the thought of the bitter nectar he should speedily brew and gladly imbibe at the close of the long service. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

But researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia found that other navigating species such as loggerhead sea turtles, which are known to orient via a magnetic compass, appear unable to use polarized light for navigation, at least when they're juveniles. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"loggerhead" hardly came under the head of "unnecessary Sabbath cooking" even in the minds of the most straight-laced descendants of the Puritans. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

That same day, a fresh governmental decree came down: The shoreline was a protected habitat for the loggerhead sea turtle and no buildings could be built. ❋ Charles Forelle (2011)

The loggerhead turtle, named Adelita, was the first animal followed by satellite across an entire ocean. ❋ Wallace J Nichols (2011)

All told, hundreds of loggerhead nests containing nearly 15,000 hatchlings were successfully transported and later released along the Atlantic. ❋ AP (2011)

There's a Bruce Springsteen concert documentary screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre, conversations with celebrated nonfiction filmmakers Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, a retrospective spotlighting the extraordinary documentarian-historian Kevin Brownlow, and films on subjects ranging from Cecil B. DeMille to loggerhead turtles. ❋ Nicolas Rapold (2010)

Georgia hospital tries to improve chances for loggerhead sea turtles This month, on beaches up and down the U.S. East Coast, tens of thousands of newly-hatched loggerhead sea turtles are emerging from the sand and crawling into the Atlantic. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This morning, Norton is treating Ziva, a 68-kilo female loggerhead turtle. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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