hard head

noun Metallurgy.

semirefined tin containing iron.
Also hardhead.

Origin of hard head

First recorded in 1510–20

Words nearby hard head

hard feelings, hard fern, hard goods, hard ground, hard hat, hard head, hard hit, be, hard hitter, hard knocks, hard labor, hard labour

Example sentences from the Web for hard head

  • The name given by American fishermen to the hard-head (which see).

    The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth

  • "Blind-eye, hard-head" was ever his sort, but I love to take my danger open-eyed and standing up—and as little of it as possible.

    The Men of the Moss-Hags |S. R. Crockett

  • A fish of the herring kind, called also hard-head (which see).

    The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth

  • A fish of the salmon family, found in the lakes of North America; also a name of the hard-head (which see).

    The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth