Usually means: Having a steep, broad forehead.
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  1. bluff-headed: Merriam-Webster
  2. bluff-headed: Wordnik
  3. bluff-headed: Wiktionary
  4. Bluff-headed: Dictionary.com
  5. Bluff-headed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. bluff-headed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Bluff-headed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. bluff-headed: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Bluff-headed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (bluff-headed)

adjective:  (nautical) Built with the stem nearly vertical, as opposed to one with a rake that extends far beyond the keel.
adjective:  (by extension) Having a broad, precipitous front or face.
adjective:  (zoology) Having a rounded head with a flattish snout.
adjective:  (by extension, of bullets) Having a rounded tip, as opposed to a flat or pointed tip.
adjective:  Having a broad face and gruff manners, especially when not exceptionally clever or assertive.

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