Definition of Hardhiad
Hard"head` (-h&ebreve;d`), n.
1. Clash or collision of heads in contest.
Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) (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).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (two-up) A crooked organiser of a two-up game, who would cheat players out of their money. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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