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Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log head.]
1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton.
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2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat
tar.
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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.
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4. (Zool.) A very large marine turtle ({Thalassochelys
caretta} syn. {Thalassochelys caouana}), common in the
warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape
Cod; -- called also {logger-headed turtle}.
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5. (Zool.) An American shrike ({Lanius Ludovicianus}),
similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See {Shrike}.
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{To be at loggerheads}, {To fall to loggerheads}, or {To go
to loggerheads}, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange.
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Steamer \Steam"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
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2. A steam fire engine. See under {Steam}.
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3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in
agricultural operations.
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4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of
steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes
of manufacture.
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5. (Zool.) The steamer duck.
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{Steamer duck} (Zool.), 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}.
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