Definition of "loggerhead" []

• A loggerhead turtle. (noun)
• An iron tool consisting of a long handle with a bulbous end, used when heated to melt tar or warm liquids. (noun)
• Nautical A post on a whaleboat used to secure the harpoon rope. (noun)
• Informal A blockhead; a dolt. (noun)
• Informal A disproportionately large head. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For example, ye olde pubs used to heat up alcoholic beverages with an iron poker -- a "loggerhead" -- but sometimes the man in charge of the loggerhead would become drunk on glug and a bit sloppy, suddenly you'd have a poker up the tunic, and all hell would break loose."
• "It's called a loggerhead, and it's big, 500 pounds big."
• "All the Mediterranean turtle are of the kind called loggerhead, which in the West – Indies are eaten by none but hungry seamen, negroes, and the lowest class of people."