Definition of Rawheads

1. rawhead [n] - See also: rawhead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rawheads

raw sienna
raw talent
raw throat
raw umber
raw vegetable
raw weather
raw wood
raw wool
raw wound
rawaru
rawbone
rawboned
rawer
rawest
rawhead
rawheads (current term)
rawhide
rawhided
rawhides
rawhiding
rawin
rawing
rawings
rawins
rawinsonde
rawinsondes
rawish
rawk
rawl plug
rawl plugs

Literary usage of Rawheads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1875)
"The weeds which are found in the varions fords and shallows are denominated " rawheads." or raits. Я. Piles or stakes used to strengthen the hanks or divert ..."

2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1903)
"We have, to be sure, our petty squabbles and heart burnings, and we have something of the blue devils at times, as"' to these rawheads and ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh, Richard Holland Johnston (1905)
"We have, to be sure, our petty squabbles and heart burnings, and we have something of the blue devils at times, as to these rawheads and ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Albert Ellery Bergh, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States (1905)
"We have, to be sure, our petty squabbles and heart burnings, and we have something of the blue devils at times, as to these rawheads and ..."

5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... with a white face and bug horned.—Somerset (Me.) Journal, Nov. 28, p. 1/1 (Advt.). . Bugaboo. A terrific vision. 1740 Hobgoblins, rawheads, and ..."

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