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(1):
(n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
(2):
(n.) A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
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(n.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.