a log from the butt of a tree; see sense 2a.

U.S. A log or piece of sawed lumber of superior grade.

a log for cutting into staves.

In the logging industry: a log which will not float; a sunken or partly submerged log.

attributive and in other combinations, as teak forest, teak log, teak-oil, teak ship, teak timber, teak-tree, teak-wood; teak-built (in quot. 1847…

In full peeler log. The trunk of a tree, esp. a softwood tree, suitable for the manufacture of veneer by the use of a rotary lathe, which peels thin…