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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
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any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.
--Sir I. Newton. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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gloomy; dismal.
Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
Gray buck (Zo["o]l.), the chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zo["o]l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
Gray falcon (Zo["o]l.) the peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zo["o]l.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ( Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the American striped mullet ( Mugilid[ae] albula), and the white or silver mullet ( Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See Mullet.
Gray owl (Zo["o]l.), the European tawny or brown owl ( Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl ( Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zo["o]l.), an African parrot ( Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
Gray pike. (Zo["o]l.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zo["o]l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zo["o]l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific ( Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
Gray whale \Gray whale\ (Zo["o]l.), a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific ( Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. Ruddier; superl. Ruddiest.] [AS. rudig. See Rud, n.]
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Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame.
--Milton.They were more ruddy in body than rubies.
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Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips.
--Dryden.Ruddy duck (Zo["o]l.), an American duck ( Erismatura rubida) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also dunbird, dundiver, ruddy diver, stifftail, spinetail, hardhead, sleepy duck, fool duck, spoonbill, etc.
Ruddy plover (Zo["o]l.) the sanderling.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One who is practical or hardheaded. 2 A brown diving duck, ''Aythya australis'', native to Australia. 3 Any of various freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus (taxlink Mylopharodon genus noshow=1), or of saltwater sciaenid (Sciaenidae) fishes. 4 Any of several weeds in or formerly classified in the genus ''Centaurea'', particularly Russian knapweed ((taxlink Acroptilon repens species noshow=1)). 5 (context metallurgy English) residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process. 6 (context obsolete English) clash or collision of heads in contest.
Wikipedia
Hardhead is a species of duck.
Hardhead may also refer to:
- Hardhead (Transformers), two characters in the Transformers series
- Hard Head, an arcade game
- USS Hardhead (SS-365), a Balao-class submarine
- Mylopharodon conocephalus or hardhead, a cyprinid fish native to California
- Sciaenidae or hardheads, a family of fish
- Centaurea nigra or hardheads, a species of flowering plant in the daisy family
- Hardhead (coin), a 16th-century Scottish coin
The hardhead (Aythya australis) (also white-eyed duck) is the only true diving duck found in Australia. Hardheads are common in the south-east of Australia, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin, but also in the wetter country near the coasts. They are moderately nomadic in normal years, but disperse widely in times of drought. Significant numbers reach as far afield as New Guinea, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific, where they can remain for some time, even breeding for a season or two.
Like the other members of the pochard group, hardheads feed by diving deeply, often staying submerged for as long as a minute at a time. They slip under the water with barely a ripple, simply lowering their heads and thrusting with their powerful webbed feet. They eat a broad range of small aquatic creatures, and supplement this with water weeds.
Hardheads prefer larger lakes, swamps and rivers with deep, still water, but are often seen in smaller streams, flooded grasslands, and shallow pools. As a general rule, they avoid coastal waters. They rarely come to land and never perch in trees.
Hardheads are small by duck standards, usually not much more than 45 cm long but reaching 60 cm sometimes, and noticeably more rounded in overall form than most ducks. Both male and female are a fairly uniform chocolate-brown above, with rufous flanks and white undersides (which are often not visible if the duck is in the water). The trailing edges and almost the entire underside of the wings are white. In the male, the eyes are a striking white, in the female, brown.
Widespread throughout its large range, the hardhead is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Standing
Usage examples of "hardhead".
When Germany defaulted in deliveries of timber, the hardheaded French Premier, who had been the wartime President of France, ordered French troops to occupy the Ruhr.
Kremlin, for all the reputation they had of being suspicious, crafty and hardheaded, and despite all the evidence and all the warnings that stared them in the face, did not realize right up to the last moment that they were to be hit, and with a force which would almost destroy their nation.
The woman was attractive in a neat sort of way, a kissable mouth with strong white teeth she flashed in a brief smile, a pointed chin jutting at an angle that could only mean one thing: Someone as hardheaded as Faye Austin.
Obstinate, hardheaded, determined socialite, traveling the world at her own speed, unwilling to compromise her lifestyle in favor of some criminal who has the audacity to threaten her son.
In her independence, she was hardheaded enough to make it easy for someone to harm her.
She was being hardheaded and contrary because she wanted her privacy, her life to be her very own.
It should be feisty, hardheaded, strong-willed, fast-moving Faye he worried about.
But Kathy Warren must have been a very hardheaded woman, because Heather had definitely inherited that trait from someone.
The Ranger was handsome, strong, and apparently as hardheaded as she was.
Dealing with her was the last thing he needed right now, but he might as well accept the fact that she was almost as hardheaded as he was.
As hardheaded as Jack was upon occasion, Linnie had argued herself blue in the face against it with the girl.
I never guessed that hardheaded old fool would be so stupid as to want to mow his own lawn, even if it is a riding mower.
Instead, she was hardheaded, confident, and so tantalizing he could think of little else but making love with her again.
Her husband was not in the least eccentric, generally speaking, but it was odd for a hardheaded Methodist businessman to collect something so frivolous and exquisite, and the whole family found it amusing.
Montagne was a fool, but Carter was a hardheaded type, and Micky would have to be wary of him.