to be at loggerheads

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to be at loggerheads - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.]
     1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton.
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     2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat
        tar.
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     3. (Naut.) 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. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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     4. (Zool.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys  caretta
         syn. Thalassochelys caouana), common in the
        warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape
        Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
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     5. (Zool.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus),
        similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
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     To be at loggerheads, To fall to loggerheads, or To go to loggerheads
     , to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange.
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