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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hard′ head′, [Metall.]- Metallurgysemirefined tin containing iron.
Also, hardhead. hard•head1 (härd′hed′),USA pronunciation n. - a shrewd, practical person.
- a blockhead.
- Fisha freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California.
- Fishthe Atlantic croaker. See under croaker (def. 2).
- InvertebratesSee hardhead sponge.
- Plant Biology hardheads. a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra.
- See hard head.
hard•head2 (härd′hed′),USA pronunciation n. - Currencyan 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.
- French hardit, after Philip III, named le Hardi the Bold (1245–85), king of France, who first issued the coin
- perh. (by folk etymology) 1555–65
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