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niggerhead

noun

Etymology

From nigger + head, reflecting a supposed resemblance to a black person's head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as niggerhead — “nigger + head”

Definitions

  1. A bollard made from an old cannon.

  2. A geode.

  3. A coneflower.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A coral or stone outcrop that stands above the surface of the water.

      • Landward is the almost unbroken wall of submerged reefs where the big niggerhead corals send their solid bulks up to within a fathom or two of the surface.

    2. A tussock (clump of plant material), found on the tundra.

      • These plants fill the interstices between the grasses and tiny shrubs that make the outer, fuller form of the niggerhead.
      • Much of the land is tundra, a mass of spongy, waterlogged clumps of sphagnum moss called tussock, muskeg, hummock, or in the vernacular of old-time Alaskans “niggerheads.”

    3. A strong black variety of chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form.

    4. A stone, piece of gangue, or lump of coal that is of a grade with a certain size.

    5. A term of abuse for a black person.

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Derived

Nigger Head, niggerhead last

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA