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Webster 1913 Edition


Hardhead

Hard′headˊ

(-hĕdˊ)
,
Noun.
1.
Clash or collision of heads in contest.
Dryden.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The menhaden. See
Menhaden
.
[Local, U. S.]
(b)
Block’s gurnard (
Trigla gurnardus
) of Europe.
(c)
A California salmon; the steelhead.
(d)
The gray whale.
See
Gray whale
, under
Gray
.
(e)
A coarse American commercial sponge (
Spongia dura
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Hardhead

H`ARDHEAD

,
Noun.
Clash or collision of heads in contest.

Definition 2024


hardhead

hardhead

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English

Noun

hardhead (plural hardheads)

  1. One who is practical or hardheaded.
  2. A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
  3. Any of various freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Mylopharodon, or of saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes.
  4. Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus Centaurea, particularly Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens).
  5. (metallurgy) Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
  6. (obsolete) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

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