Loggerhead
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Locations
- Loggerhead Key, the largest islet in the Dry Tortugas, Florida
- Loggerheads, Denbighshire, a village in Denbighshire, Wales
- Loggerheads, StaffordshireLoggerheads, StaffordshireLoggerheads is a small village in north Staffordshire, England, on the A53 between Market Drayton and Newcastle-under-Lyme.-History:Loggerheads was home to the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium which is a tuberculosis sanitorium. It stood in Burntwood woodland. It was opened in 1923 and the last two...
, a small village in north Staffordshire, England - Loggerheads and Whitmore wardLoggerheads and Whitmore wardLoggerheads and Whitmore ward is a ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It covers, amongst others, the villages of Knighton, Hales, Staffordshire, Mucklestone, Staffordshire, Ashley, Staffordshire, Loggerheads and Whitmore....
, a ward in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Other
- Loggerhead (tool)Loggerhead (tool)A loggerhead is a type of tool consisting of a ball or bulb which would be heated up attached to a long handle. Used to heat or melt liquids, it was formerly a fairly common tool, for example loggerheads were used by shipbuilders to melt pitch....
, two iron balls attached by an iron rod used by shipbuilders to melt pitchPitch (resin)Pitch is the name for any of a number of viscoelastic, solid polymers. Pitch can be made from petroleum products or plants. Petroleum-derived pitch is also called bitumen. Pitch produced from plants is also known as resin. Products made from plant resin are also known as rosin.Pitch was...
. - Loggerhead, an English MidlandsEnglish MidlandsThe Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
term for Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and CornflowerCornflowerCentaurea cyanus is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C...
(C. cyanus)- (The) Loggerheads, an English Midlands toponym of meadowMeadowA meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . The term is from Old English mædwe. In agriculture a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by domestic livestock but rather allowed to grow unchecked in order to make hay...
s where these Centaurea grow or grew in abundance
- (The) Loggerheads, an English Midlands toponym of meadow
- Loggerhead Inc., a software development firm located in Washington, DC.
- Loggerhead sea turtleLoggerhead sea turtleThe loggerhead sea turtle , or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around long when fully grown, although larger specimens of up to have been discovered...
, the sea turtle Caretta caretta - Loggerhead musk turtleLoggerhead Musk TurtleThe loggerhead musk turtle is a species of turtle native to the United States.-Geographic distribution:The loggerhead musk turtle can be found in the states of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee....
, the turtle Sternotherus minor - Loggerhead ShrikeLoggerhead ShrikeThe Loggerhead Shrike is a passerine bird. It is the only member of the shrike family endemic to North America; the related Northern Shrike occurs north of its range but also in the Palearctic....
, the passerine bird Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerheads, the heraldic term for leopards' faces, e.g. on the coat of arms of ShropshireShropshireShropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
(England) and its county town, Shrewsbury - Loggerheads, an album by Canadian punk band D.O.A.D.O.A. (band)D.O.A. is a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are often referred to as the "founders" of hardcore punk, along with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Teen Idles, and Minor Threat. Their second album Hardcore '81 was thought by many to have been the first actual reference to...
- Loggerheads (film)Loggerheads (film)Loggerheads is an independent film written and directed by Tim Kirkman, produced by Gill Holland and released in the United States by Strand Releasing in October 2005. After its debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, Loggerheads screened at...
, a 2005 film written and directed by Tim Kirkman - Loggerheads (TV series)Loggerheads (TV series)The Loggerheads was an animated cartoon television series by Magma Films. It combined an old viking storylines with dark humour. It lasted only one season and was shown in Germany in 1997, on Britain's Channel Five in 1998 and later on the Pop TV channel, and in Italy TMC2 in 1999.The Story...
, a popular 1997 German-made cartoon about Vikings, broadcast in different countries. - USS Loggerhead (SS-374)USS Loggerhead (SS-374)USS Loggerhead , a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the loggerhead, Caretta caretta, a very large, carnivorous sea turtle common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans....
, a Balao-class submarine, named for the sea turtle, laid down and launched in 1944 - An insult; referring to someone as a "loggerhead" was a formerly common way of calling them an idiotIdiotAn idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has also been used. The similar terms moron, imbecile, and cretin have all gained specialized meanings in modern times. An idiot is...
. - To be "at loggerheads" is a slang term meaning to be in a disputeControversyControversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion. The word was coined from the Latin controversia, as a composite of controversus – "turned in an opposite direction," from contra – "against" – and vertere – to turn, or versus , hence, "to turn...
with no obvious resolution.