loggerhead : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loggerhead	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for loggerhead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loggerhead n a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence Synonym(s): dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, bonehead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, dumbass, fuckhead very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas Synonym(s): loggerhead, loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta
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[94]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[94]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[94]l.) The steamer duck. {Steamer duck} (Zo[94]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}.