- A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. - A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to
heat tar. - 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. - A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, /
caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil
to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle. - An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to
the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
Definition
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