a tool consisting of a rod with a bulbuous end, used once made hot in a fire for the purpose of heating liquids that it is plunged into
A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; called also logger-headed turtle
If two or more people or groups are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly with each other. For months dentists and the health department have been at loggerheads over fees France was left isolated and at loggerheads with other EU member countries over its refusal to fall into line with demands to cut state borrowing. be at loggerheads (with sb) if two people are at loggerheads, they disagree very strongly be at loggerheads (with somebody) over (loggerhead (16-20 centuries), from logger (16-18 centuries) (probably from LOG) + head)
loggerhead
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lägırhed
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/ˈlägərˌhed/ /ˈlɑːɡɜrˌhɛd/
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[ lo-g&r-"hed, lä- ] (noun.) 1588. probably from English dialect logger block of wood + English head.