hardhead 1
/hahrd"hed'/ , n.
1. a shrewd, practical person.
2. a blockhead.
3. a freshwater fish, Mylopharodon conocephalus, of California.
4. the Atlantic croaker. See under croaker (def. 2).
5. See hardhead sponge .
6. hardheads . a common knapweed, Centaurea nigra.
7. See hard head .
[ 1510-20; HARD + HEAD ]
hardhead 2
/hahrd"hed'/ , n.
an alloyed silver coin of Scotland, issued in the 16th and 17th centuries, equal to one and one-half pence and later to twopence. Also called lion .
[ 1555-65; perh. (by folk etymology) hardit, after Philip III, named le Hardi the Bold (1245-85), king of France, who first issued the coin ]