单词 | hardhead |
释义 | hardhead hardhead1 /hahrd"hed'/, n. 1. a shrewd, practical person. 2. a blockhead. 3. a freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California. 4. the Atlantic croaker. See under croaker (def. 2). 5. See hardhead sponge. 6. hardheads. a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra. 7. See hard head. [1510-20; HARD + HEAD] hardhead2 /hahrd"hed'/, n. an alloyed silver coin of Scotland, issued in the 16th and 17th centuries, equal to one and one-half pence and later to twopence. Also called lion. [1555-65; perh. (by folk etymology) < F hardit, after Philip III, named le Hardi the Bold (1245-85), king of France, who first issued the coin] |
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