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noun

Hardhead n.

Clash or collision of heads in contest.

(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).

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Etymology of 'Hardhead'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hardhead" Quotes from Famous Books

... of tin ores a quantity of speise, known as "hardhead," is produced. It is essentially an arsenide of iron, carrying a considerable quantity of tin. Much of this last is present in the form of small buttons of metal distributed through the mass. The buttons can be seen on careful inspection, and ...

— A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. • Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer

... reluctantly to relinquish the voyage. It became necessary to find a skipper, and as it was a busy season, it was not an easy matter to procure the right kind of a man. After a time, however, it was concluded that nothing better could be done than to appoint old Jonas Hardhead skipper for this ...

— Jack in the Forecastle • John Sherburne Sleeper

... those of Mary, would be at once discovered by modern experts. In short, the evidence as to Mary's handwriting, even if as unanimously accepted, by the English Lords, as Cecil declares, is not worth a 'hardhead,' a debased copper Scottish coin. It is worth no more than the opinion of the Lords of the Articles in the case of the letters attributed ...

— James VI and the Gowrie Mystery • Andrew Lang