loggerhead

A loggerhead turtle.

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

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

A blockhead; a dolt.

(at loggerheads) Engaged in a dispute.

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

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

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

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

A pewter inkstand, circular and very heavy.