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Webster 1913 Edition

Hardhead

Hard′headˊ

(-hĕdˊ)

,

Noun.

1.

Clash or collision of heads in contest.

Dryden.

2.

(Zool.)

(a)

The menhaden. See

.

[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

.

(e)

A coarse American commercial sponge (

Spongia dura

).

Webster 1828 Edition

Hardhead

H`ARDHEAD

,

Noun.

Clash or collision of heads in contest.