loggerhead means A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
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loggerhead is pronounced /ˈlɒɡəhɛd/.
Etymology
From logger (“(dialectal) heavy wooden block secured to a horse's leg to prevent it from straying”) + head. Logger was apparently coined because its sound connotes a clumsy, heavy object; compare log (“trunk of a dead tree; bulky piece of wood”).
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.
- A thistle-like flowering plant of the genus Centaurea, particularly the common knapweed (Centaurea nigra).e.g.“Loggerheads, from the resemblance of its knobbed involucres to a weapon so called, consisting of a ball of iron at the end of a stick, the knapweed, the Clobbewed of old MSS. Centaurea nigra, L.” — 1863, R[ichard] C[handler] A[lexander] Prior, “Loggerheads”, in On the Popular Names of British Plants, […], London; Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, […], →OCLC, page 137:
- Used as the name of various animals with large heads.; The loggerhead duck or Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus; formerly Tachyeres cinereus), a species of steamer duck endemic to the Falkland Islands.
- Used as the name of various animals with large heads.; The loggerhead kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus), a bird endemic to the Caribbean and West Indies.
- Used as the name of various animals with large heads.; The rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus), a bird endemic to Jamaica.
- Used as the name of various animals with large heads.; The loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), a bird endemic to North America.
- Used as the name of various animals with large heads.; The loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), a large-headed turtle endemic to the United States.e.g.“Sternotherus minor (Agassiz) / Loggerhead musk-turtle / […] Most numerous in large calcareous springs, where they may be seen at night wandering around on the bottom, especially about piles of debris.” — 1940 January, Archie Fairly Carr, Jr., “Annotated List”, in A Contribution to the Herpetology of Florida (University of Florida Biological Science Series; vol. III, no. 1), [Gainesville, Fla.]: Univer
- Used as the name of various animals with large heads.; The loggerhead sea turtle or loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an oceanic turtle found throughout the world.
- the head of a leopard, as commonly seen on the flag of Shropshire
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