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Definition of 'Hardhead'

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  • Hardhead \Hard"head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n.
  • 1. Clash or collision of heads in contest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (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). [1913 Webster] hardheaded

Definition of 'hardhead'

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Definition of 'hardhead'

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  • Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS. rudig. See Rud, n.]
  • 1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Ruddy duck (Zool.), an American duck (Erismatura rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc.
  • Ruddy plover (Zool.) the sanderling. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hardhead'

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  • Steelhead \Steel"head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n.
  • 1. (Zool.) A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preestl. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The ruddy duck. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hardhead'

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  • Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.] [Written also grey.]
  • 1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. [1913 Webster]
  • These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. gloomy; dismal. [PJC]
  • Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
  • Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara.
  • Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
  • Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
  • Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
  • Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.
  • Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
  • Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
  • Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
  • Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the American striped mullet (Mugilid[ae] albula), and the white or silver mullet (Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See Mullet.
  • Gray owl (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America.
  • Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
  • Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
  • Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
  • Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
  • Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hardhead'

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  • Gray whale \Gray whale\ (Zool.), a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons. [1913 Webster + PJC]

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