■ noun
1》 (also ~ turtle ) a large-headed reddish-brown turtle of warm seas. [ Caretta caretta .]
2》 archaic a foolish person.
Phrases
at ~s in violent dispute or disagreement. [perh. a use of ~ in the 17th-cent. sense 'long-handled iron instrument for heating liquids' (when wielded as a weapon).]
Origin
C16: from dialect logger 'block of wood for hobbling a horse' + head .