Loggerhead \Log"ger*head`\, n. [Log + head.]

1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. --Shak. Milton.

2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.

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.

4. (Zo["o]l.) A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.

5. (Zo["o]l.) An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.

To be at loggerheads, To fall to loggerheads, or To go to loggerheads, to quarrel; to be at strife. --L' Estrange.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Steamer \Steam"er\, n.

1. A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

2. A steam fire engine. See under Steam.

3. A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.

4. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.

5. (Zo["o]l.) The steamer duck.

Steamer duck (Zo["o]l.), a sea duck (Tachyeres cinereus), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, race horse, and side wheel duck.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)