English-Thai Dictionary

loggerhead

N การทะเลาะวิวาท  การขัดแย้ง  kan-ta-ror-wi-wad

 

loggerhead

N คนโง่เง่า  stupid person blockhead kon-ngo-ngol

 

loggerhead

N ที่ ใส่ หมึก มี ฐาน แบน และ กว้าง  ti-sai-muek-me-tan-bean-lea-kwang

 

loggerhead

N เต่า ทะเล หัว โตช นิดหนึ่ง  ta-ta-le-hua-to-cha-nid-nuang

 

loggerhead

N เสากลม ที่อยู่ ท้ายเรือ ล่า ปลาวาฬ  sao-klom-ti-yu-tai-ruea-la-pla-wan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOGGERHEAD

n.[log and head. ] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a dolt; a thick-skull.
2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle; used to heat tar.
To fall to loggerheads,
To go to loggerheads, to come to blows; to fall to fighting without weapons.

 

LOGGERHEADED

a.Dull; stupid; doltish.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOGGERHEAD

Log "ger *head `, n. Etym: [Log + head. ]

 

1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton.

 

2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: 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. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus ), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike. To be at loggerheads, To fall to loggerheads, or To go to loggerheads, to quarrel; to be at strife. L' Estrange.

 

LOGGERHEADED

LOGGERHEADED Log "ger *head `ed, a.

 

Defn: Dull; stupid. Shak. A rabble of loggerheaded physicians. Urquhart.

 

LOGGERHEADS

LOGGERHEADS Log "ger *heads `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The knapweed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

loggerhead

log ger head |ˈlôgərˌhed, ˈlägər -ˈlɔɡərhɛd | ▶noun 1 (also loggerhead turtle ) a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas. [Caretta caretta, family Cheloniidae. ] 2 (also loggerhead shrike ) a widespread North American shrike, having mainly gray plumage with a black eyestripe, wings, and tail. [Lanius ludovicianus, family Laniidae. ] 3 archaic a foolish person. PHRASES at loggerheads in stubborn dispute or disagreement: council was at loggerheads with the government over the grant allocation. [possibly a use of loggerhead in the late 17th -cent. sense ‘long-handled iron instrument for heating liquids and tar, ’ perhaps wielded as a weapon. ]ORIGIN late 16th cent. ( sense 3 ): from dialect logger ‘block of wood for hobbling a horse ’ + head .

 

Oxford Dictionary

loggerhead

log ¦ger |head |ˈlɒgəhɛd | ▶noun 1 (also loggerhead turtle ) a reddish-brown turtle with a very large head, occurring chiefly in warm seas. ●Caretta caretta, family Cheloniidae. 2 (also loggerhead shrike ) a widespread North American shrike, having mainly grey plumage with a black eyestripe, wings, and tail. ●Lanius ludovicianus, family Laniidae. 3 archaic a foolish person. PHRASES at loggerheads in violent dispute or disagreement: councillors were at loggerheads with the government over the grant allocation. [perhaps a use of loggerhead in the late 17th -cent. sense ‘long-handled iron instrument for heating liquids and tar ’ (when wielded as a weapon ).]ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 3 ): from dialect logger ‘block of wood for hobbling a horse ’ + head .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

loggerheads

loggerheads plural noun PHRASES at loggerheads the European Union and the United States are at loggerheads over how to reduce greenhouse gases: in disagreement, at odds, at variance, wrangling, quarreling, disagreeing, disputing, locking horns, at daggers drawn, in conflict, fighting, at war; informal at each other's throats.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

loggerheads

loggerheads plural noun PHRASES at loggerheads local councillors have found themselves at loggerheads with the Government: in disagreement, at odds, at variance, in opposition, at cross purposes, out of step, quarrelling, clashing, at outs; in conflict, at war, at daggers drawn, fighting, wrangling, feuding, conflicting, locking horns, estranged; informal at each other's throats, like cat and dog.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

loggerhead

l ó gger h è ad 名詞 C 1 〖be at ～s 〗 «…と /…のことで » 対立して, 争って «with /over , on » .2 〘動 〙アカウミガメ (loggerhead turtle ).