logn.1
/lɒɡ/, U.S. /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ I. gen.
1. † d. See quot. 1669 (perhaps confused with lug n.1). Obsolete.† e. to hang upon the log: ? to be slow in finding sale. Obsolete.† f. In Old St. Paul's, a block or bench on which serving-men sat. Obsolete.
a. A bulky mass of wood; now usually an unhewn portion of a felled tree, or a length cut off for use as firewood. in the log: in an unhewn condition.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log
log1398
kinlinc1440
hud1483
chocka1582
logwood1666
backlog1684
back-brand1844
mock1844
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > undressed trunk or log
stockc1000
log1398
round log1768
saw-log1799
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. xlv. 630 Þe frute þereof falleþ..but he be..itrailled wt logges [L. lignis] & yardes as it were a vine.
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxburghe Club) 355 My Lord paied..[for] iij. lodes of belet, and iij. lodes of logges..xviij. s.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xlvi. 139 The hardy knyghtes..casted vpon theym grete logges wyth sharpe yron atte the ende.
1525 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 173 Paide to Adrewe of Braxted, for a logge 6d.
1545 Rates Custome House sig. b Dogion logges the hundreth peces vi.s. viii.d.
a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) xci. 44 If one of his hate, Byfore the logge or stone wold ley, His purpose shall cūme all to late.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 23v I was somtime a fig tree log, a block that serued for nought.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 17 I would the lightning had Burnt vp those Logs that you are enioynd to pile. View more context for this quotation
a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. D3 Wol't say I lye? thou hadst as good eat a load of logs.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 114 There lay a Log unlighted on the Hearth.
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames i. 27 250 of the Timber Ships are laden with Logs.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cv. 165 Bring in great logs and let them lie, To make a solid core of heat. View more context for this quotation
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 148 The largest pine belonging to his firm..was worth ninety dollars in the log.
1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 53/2 The smouldering ends of logs..gave forth a tingling smoke which filled the hovel.
b. figurative and in similative phrases. Said, e.g., of a vessel floating helplessly (cf. modern German log sein to float helplessly), of an inert or helpless person. †a log in one's way: a stumbling-block, obstacle. to have a log to roll: see log-rolling n. as easy (or simple) as falling (or rolling) off a log.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > one who
phlegmatic?1541
drumble1568
log1579
phlegmatist1599
lethargy1634
mooner1842
slowie1901
Oblomov1903
walking dead1980
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle
hinderc1200
withsetting1340
obstaclec1385
traversea1393
mara1400
bayc1440
stoppagec1450
barrace1480
blocka1500
objecta1500
clog1526
stumbling-stone1526
bar1530
(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548
stumbling-stock1548
hindrance1576
a log in one's way1579
crossbar1582
log1589
rub1589
threshold1600
scotch1601
dam1602
remora1604
obex1611
obstructiona1616
stumbling-blocka1616
fence1639
affront1642
retardance1645
stick1645
balk1660
obstruent1669
blockade1683
sprun1684
spoke1689
cross cause1696
uncomplaisance1707
barrier1712
obstruct1747
dike1770
abatis1808
underbrush1888
bunker1900
bump1909
sprag1914
hurdle1924
headwind1927
mudhole1933
monkey wrench1937
roadblock1945
the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase]
with a wet finger1542
for the whistling1546
like a bird1825
as easy (or simple) as falling (or rolling) off a log1839
without tears1857
like a dream1882
as easy as winking1907
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)] > promote one's own interest
to have a log to roll1865
1579–80 T. North tr. Annibal in Plutarch Lives (1595) 1148 Anniball..knew that this great ouerthrow..would also be a great logge in his way.
c1600 Timon (1980) i. ii. 6 Thou logg thou stock, thou Arcadian beast.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. iv. sig. I4v The saplesse logge, that prest thy bed With an vnpleasing waight.
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lxi. 152 In this conflict, having lost all her Mastes, and being no other then a logge in the Sea.
1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xx. 71 The flapping sail haul'd down to halt for logs like these.
1839 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 29 Mar. 2/2 He gradually went away from the Lubber, and won the heat, ‘just as easy as falling off a log’.
1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 55 ‘Bill,’ said one of the party, to a pale, sickly-looking individual, ‘we must keep the log rollin'.’
1865 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 5/2 The New York Daily News may have its log to roll and its axe to grind as well as other folks.
1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 156 I reckon ‘somebody's cut the log open’ as the saying is out here, from the way they are coming.
c1880 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches (1923) 97 A man who could have elected himself Major-General Adam or anything else as easy as rolling off a log.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. vii. 59 I must have..slept like a log.
1898 Daily News 19 May 7/6 Mr. Gladstone..pathetically remarked that he was now like a log.
1900 Longman's Mag. June 134 [He] struck Bill who fell like a log on the dusty road.
1904 ‘A. Dale’ Wanted: Cook 207 It was so easy that the inelegant simile of ‘rolling off a log’ impressed me as being absolutely justifiable.
1913 F. H. Burnett T. Tembarom xvii. 223 I dropped into it by accident,..and that made it as easy as falling off a log.
1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing iv. 67 Don't keep asking if I can understand things that are as simple as falling off a log.
1973 Times 10 Feb. 11/3 Acting? said Ernest Borgnine. Why, there was nothing to it, really. ‘For me,’ he said, ‘it's as easy as falling off a log.’
c. Mining. (See quot.)
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1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (S. Staffs. Terms) Log, or Baby, a balance weight, placed near the end of the pit-rope, to prevent its running back over the pulley.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 152 Log, S. Staff[ordshire]. A balance-weight near the end of the hoisting-rope of a shaft to prevent its running back over the pulley.
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1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 348 Log, a term used in some places for a cleft of Wood, and in some places for a long piece or Pole, by some for a small Wand or Switch.
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1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 108 Something sure is in it, that Impostors finde such quick return for their ware, while Truth hangs upon the log.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > bench > [noun] > specific benches
penniless bench1560
log1609
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. D1v Auoide the Seruingmans Logg, and approch not within fiue fadom of that Piller.
1639 J. Mayne Citye Match iii. iii. 31.
g. Surfing. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > surfboard > types of
paddle-board1785
bellyboard1957
pig-board1959
malibu1962
gun1963
hot dog1963
pop-out1963
sausage board1963
skim-board1965
wakeboard1966
log1967
pintail1967
longboard1970
boogie board1976
bodyboard1979
thruster1982
mini-mal1988
funboard1992
kitesurfer1994
kiteboard1996
quad1999
1967 J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss. Log, a very heavy surfboard.
1970 Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) 1 28 His board may be described as a barge or a log, both of which describe a big cumbersome surfboard, one that is difficult to manoeuvre.
2.
a. A heavy piece of wood, fastened to a man's or beast's leg, to impede his movements. †Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle
hinderc1200
withsetting1340
obstaclec1385
traversea1393
mara1400
bayc1440
stoppagec1450
barrace1480
blocka1500
objecta1500
clog1526
stumbling-stone1526
bar1530
(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548
stumbling-stock1548
hindrance1576
a log in one's way1579
crossbar1582
log1589
rub1589
threshold1600
scotch1601
dam1602
remora1604
obex1611
obstructiona1616
stumbling-blocka1616
fence1639
affront1642
retardance1645
stick1645
balk1660
obstruent1669
blockade1683
sprun1684
spoke1689
cross cause1696
uncomplaisance1707
barrier1712
obstruct1747
dike1770
abatis1808
underbrush1888
bunker1900
bump1909
sprag1914
hurdle1924
headwind1927
mudhole1933
monkey wrench1937
roadblock1945
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the feet or legs > piece of wood
clog1450
log1837
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. B Her Maiestie layeth such a logge vppon their consciences, as they ought not beare.
a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 483 Wedlock, with wife and children clogs, The single life, lust's heavier logs.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 193 They [insane negroes] were kept in out-houses, chained to logs.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxviii. 344 Here I am, tied like a log to you.
1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 324 W. L...was brought up before the same court with his chains and log at his heels.
b. A military punishment now abolished. (See quots.) Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > authority > punishment > other types of punishment > [noun] > military or naval punishments > having log fixed to leg
log1830
1830 in Rep. Commiss. Milit. Punishments (1836) 312 The log..is a punishment..which cannot be sanctioned and is henceforth strictly forbidden.
1846 H. Marshall Mil. Misc. 205 The Log.—This punishment consisted of a log, or a large round shot, or shell, which was connected to a delinquent's leg by means of a chain; and he was obliged to drag or carry this about with him.
3. King Log: the log which Jupiter in the fable made king over the frogs; often used as the type of inertness on the part of rulers, as contrasted with the excess of activity typified by ‘King Stork’.
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1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit iv. 78 Go, sir, Manage him—whilst I handle Log, the Second King of Frogs, that follows him.
1761 J. Wesley Jrnl. 18 Jan. The custom began in the reign of king Log.
1766 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 11 July (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2747 I have always owned a great regard for King Log.
1901 M. J. F. McCarthy Five Years Ireland xxiii. 320 They prefer King Log to King Stork.
4. plural. Australian slang. A jail or lock-up. (Formerly built of logs. Cf. log-house n. at Compounds 2.)
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
prisona1200
jailc1275
lodgec1290
galleya1300
chartrea1325
ward1338
keepingc1384
prison-house1419
lying-house1423
javel1483
tollbooth1488
kidcotec1515
clinkc1530
warding-place1571
the hangman's budget1589
Newgate1592
gehenna1594
Lob's pound1597
caperdewsie1599
footman's inn1604
cappadochio1607
pena1640
marshalsea1652
log-house1662
bastille1663
naskin1673
state prison1684
tronk1693
stone-doublet1694
iron or stone doublet1698
college1699
nask1699
quod1699
shop1699
black hole1707
start1735
coop1785
blockhouse1796
stone jug1796
calaboose1797
factory1806
bull-pen1809
steel1811
jigger1812
jug1815
kitty1825
rock pile1830
bughouse1842
zindan1844
model1845
black house1846
tench1850
mill1851
stir1851
hoppet1855
booby hatch1859
caboose1865
cooler1872
skookum house1873
chokey1874
gib1877
nick1882
choker1884
logs1888
booby house1894
big house1905
hoosegow1911
can1912
detention camp1916
pokey1919
slammer1952
joint1953
slam1960
1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales 184 The governor resolved on building a large log prison both at Sydney and Paramatta.]
1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. vi. 106 Let's put him in the logs.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxx. 33 No bail allowed either, or of course you needn't have been ten minutes in the Logs.
5. A piece of quarried slate before it is split into layers.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone of the nature of slate > piece as taken from quarry
log1725
1725 D. Eaton Let. 13 Feb. (1971) 9 The reason why the slaters could not go on was bycause they could not run their slate out of the log for want of frost.
1939 Evening News 2 Feb. 8/6 When the slate is taken to the surface it is called ‘log’, and is then left in the ‘slate-patch’ to wait for the frost to break it into layers.
1946 N. Wymer Eng. Country Crafts x. 108 Then the props are systematically removed, and the slate is allowed to crash down, breaking up into large slabs which can be levered up and roughly broken by hammer into ‘logs’.
1975 Times 9 Aug. 12/7 Collyweston slate is unusual in that it is produced by the action of frost on the stone logs.
II. Nautical and derived senses.
6. An apparatus for ascertaining the rate of a ship's motion, consisting of a thin quadrant of wood, loaded so as to float upright in the water, and fastened to a line wound on a reel. Hence in phrases to heave, throw the log, (to sail or calculate one's way) by the log. Said also of other appliances having the same object.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water
log1574
marine surveyor1726
chip log1846
bottom gear1867
1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xiv. 42 b They hale in the logge or piece of wood again, and looke how many fadome the shippe hath gone in that time.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. at Logg-line One stands by with a Minut~glasse, while another out of the gallery lets fall the logg.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. ii. 146 We throw the Log every two Hours.
1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 28 Being about 50 Leagues off the Lizard..we began to sail by the Log.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 305 Heave the Logg from the Poop.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Log It is usual to heave the log once every hour in ships of war.
1805 E. Berry in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 118 (note) During the chace we ran per log seventy miles.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 156 It's now within five minutes of two bells, so we'll heave the log and mark the board.
1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 178 Calculating their way by the log.
1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. 54 Patent Log, for measuring speed at sea; used in H.M. Navy.
7. in extended use.1875 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land (1876) II. 176 Had the writers lived, they might have worked up their unfinished logs into interesting and instructive matter.
a. Short for logbook n. A journal into which the contents of the log-board or log-slate are daily transcribed, together with any other circumstance deserving notice.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > record or account of (a) journey(s > [noun]
itinerary1483
peregrination1548
travels1579
voyage1587
itinerario1588
journal1600
trip1712
itinerarium1747
logbook1791
tour1812
log1825
travel document1892
travelogue1898
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > logbook
traverse book1600
sea-booka1642
journal1671
logbooka1679
rough logbook1779
log1825
sea-log1853
1825 H. B. Gascoigne Path to Naval Fame 79 Then down he goes his daily Log to write.
1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 107 To fix the localities of whales' resorts by the comparison of the logs of a vast number of whalers.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xviii. 147 The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry.
b. (See quot. 1875.)
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Log (Steam-engine), a tabulated summary of the performance of the engines and boilers, and of the consumption of coals, tallow, oil, and other engineers' stores on board a steam-vessel.
c. = logbook n. 3.
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1882 in Cassell
d. Any record in which facts about the progress or performance of something are entered in the order in which they become known; e.g. (a) a record of what is found, or how some property varies, at successive depths in drilling a well; a graph or chart displaying this information; (b) a record kept by a lorry driver in which details of journeys are noted; (c) a record kept of what is broadcast by a radio or television station from moment to moment.
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society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > record of findings
log1913
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > by motor lorry > record kept of journey
log1913
logbook1958
log sheet1958
society > communication > broadcasting > [noun] > record of what is broadcast
log1937
1913 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 21 671 This company has prepared logs of various..salt wells.
1920 L. S. Panyity Prospecting for Oil & Gas xiii. 162 It is the duty of the driller..to keep a record or log of the well. This consists in noting the various formations drilled through, the casing points, and the showings of water, oil or gas.
1924 G. W. Grupp Econ. Motor Transportation ix. 187 Nothing is more interesting than..making..a motor-truck performance log.
1925 K. G. Fenelon Econ. Road Transport 241 A daily log prepared by the driver of each vehicle, showing the nature of the work performed, the tonnage carried, the time taken, etc.
1937 L. Lewis Radio Dict. in Printers' Ink Monthly May 39/2 Log, an account of every minute of broadcasting, all errors being considered. An accurate journal required by law.
1956 Nature 21 Jan. 120/2 The study of these continuous velocity logs in conjunction with seismic reflexion records shot from the surface is leading to a better understanding of the origin of reflexions.
1957 M. R. J. Wyllie Fund. Electr. Log Interpr. (ed. 2) ii. 105 Even in dirty formations the neutron log can sometimes give a fairly good estimate of porosity.
1957 M. R. J. Wyllie Fund. Electr. Log Interpr. (ed. 2) ii. 110 Logs which make use of the scattering of gamma-rays to determine the density of formations penetrated by boreholes..are rapidly being improved in efficiency.
1960 J. M. Weller Stratigr. Princ. & Pract. xvii. 614 Electric logs consist of curves that are continuous records of self-potential and resistivity measured in wells and plotted against depth... In a general way..they indicate differences in lithologic characters of strata and many lithologic changes are shown with great precision.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 44 Log, log book, the driver's daily report required by the I.C.C.
1965 W. S. Barry Airline Managem. x. 149 Station logs report troubles that have occurred during embarkation or disembarkation.
1968 Radio Communication Handbk. (ed. 4) xx. 4/2 Log Keeping. The Post Office requires all amateurs to keep a log book containing full details of all transmissions... Entries must be made at the time of operation, and no gaps should be left in the log.
1974 Sci. Amer. May 133/3 These men filled out sleep logs (for pay) and answered many questions.
8. Tailoring. [transferred < 7] A document fixing the time to be credited to journeymen (who are paid nominally by the hour) for making each description of garment; the scale of computation embodied in this document.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > records, reports, or documents
bookc1405
memoir1571
transfer-book1694
order book1771
job note1803
log1861
deed of association1866
logbook1869
job sheet1919
kanban1977
1861 Dunn's Tailor's Labour Agency Retrospect 13 What is technically called a ‘log’ is agreed upon, that is a certain number of hours for every description of garment, and the wages fixed at so much per hour.
1868 10th Rep. Commissioners Organization & Rules Trades Unions 17 in Parl. Papers XXXIX. 445 We [operative tailors] wanted a uniform time-log. The masters prepared a time-log, and said to us, ‘Here is the log, you must accept it as it is’.
Compounds
C1.
a. Simple attributive.
(a)
log-end n.
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1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα i. xiv. 122 The most heavy log-end of Christs Cross is laid upon many of them.
log-fire n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > other fires
moorburn1424
coal firea1450
commonty fire1573
moor-burning1610
stubble-firea1618
wheel-fire1662
night-fire1687
waterball1696
chip fire1795
neal-fire1813
bratchel1815
forge-fire1855
log-fire1878
electrical fire1900
slash fire1949
dumpster fire1957
chip pan fire1960
chip fire1985
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 1 Praise the good log-fire! Winter howls without.
log-mark n.
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1859 Michigan Rep. 6 270 The Mill Company had given a list of log-marks under section eight of the act.
(b) (With the sense ‘made of or constructed with logs’.)† log-guard n. Obsolete
log barn n.
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1795 Pittsburgh Gaz. 6 June 1/2 To be Sold..two cabins, a log barn.
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. iii. 12 On the east side of the road was a log-barn.
1948 Time 11 Oct. 21/1 A country which still remembered Indians, wild turkeys, log barns, [etc.].
log barrack n.
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a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 32 All residents of Damville dwelt in a great log-barrack.
1862 O. W. Norton Army Lett. 64 When we came back we burned all the log barracks and brush houses at the fort.
log-booth n.
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1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 371 Two rows of weatherbeaten log-booths.
log-bridge n.
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1664 in H. M. Burt First Cent. Hist. Springfield (1898) I. 316 Foure acres of low lands Northwestrly from the logg bridge as it is called.
log building n.
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1806 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi i. App. 36 [The fur-trading establishment] at Lower Red Cedar Lake..consists of log buildings.
1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 281 I saw..many very good & 2 Story log Buildings.
log causeway n.
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1828 Gore Gaz. (Ancaster, Upper Canada) 18 Oct. 134/2 The stumps are all taken out—and the log causeways, where these are necessary—are covered with a thick coat of earth.
1831 T. Buttrick in R. G. Thwaites Early Western Trav. (1904) VIII. 54 In some places, in low grounds, there would be log-causeways for a considerable distance.
log-chamber n.
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1788 M. Cutler Jrnl. 4 Aug. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 401 We were turned into a hot, log chamber, full of people.
log chapel n.
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1810 F. Asbury Jrnl. (1821) III. 298 Saturday, at William Adams's log-chapel I preached to a small assembly.
log church n.
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1847 F. Parkman in Knickerbocker 29 313 We found the log-church..belonging to the Methodist Shawanoe Mission.
1895 M. A. Jackson Mem. Stonewall Jackson (ed. 2) 382 The little log church is..full.
log city n.
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1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 106 Vangeville,—A log city..has fifteen or twenty old log houses.
log college n.
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1795 P. M. Freneau Poems 374 On the Demolition of a Log-College.
1850 W. H. Foote Sketches Virginia 349 Could we..look into the school of the worthy pastor, then gaining its eminence as ‘a log college’.
log-fence n.
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1684 I. Mather Providences 167 He hath had five Rods of good Log-fence thrown down at once.
1764 Coll. New-Hampsh. Hist. Soc. IX. 154 [I] made log fence around my..orchard.
1803 T. M. Harris Jrnl. Tour 6 June (1805) 58 [In Virginia] the fields are surrounded by a rough zig-zag log-fence.
1836 J. Abbott Way to do Good i. 24 They were stepping over a low place in the log fence.
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1808 T. Ashe Trav. Amer. 1806 I. 302 The town..has in its centre, the remains of an old Log Guard.
log heap n.
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1818 L. D. Clarke in Firelands Pioneer (1920) XXI. 2324 I spread ashes where log-heaps had been burned.
1819 E. Dana Geogr. Sketches 36 The Creoles never having before smelted, except by throwing the ore into log heaps.
1838 J. Hall Western States vii. 104 People will not forever..warm themselves by log-heaps built in great wooden chimnies.
1856 A. Cary Married 295 Having made a log-heap fire, Martin put the table-cloth about his shoulders.
1933 E. C. Guillet Early Life Upper Canada 277 In new settlements during July the whole countryside was illuminated by the burning of log heaps.
log-hut n.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1778 J. Thatcher Mil. Jrnl. 153 In the month of December, the troops were employed in erecting log huts for winter quarters.
1797 J. A. Graham Descriptive Sketch Vermont 161 As in a former Letter I mentioned the Log Hut, I will here..give a short account of its construction.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. vi. 150 Log-huts, with the walls built, American fashion, of horizontal tree-trunks.
log kitchen n.
ΚΠ
1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider v. 56 The wide old log-kitchen, with its loom in one corner.
1948 Florida Hist. Q. July 40 Close to many of the larger houses were log kitchens where cooking and eating took place.
log meeting-house n.
ΚΠ
1823 Baptist Mag. 4 74 We have a good log meeting-house on Salt Creek.
log pen n.
ΚΠ
1789 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) III. 148 I lodged in a log-pen.
1832 Louisville Directory 102 The ditch was surmounted by a breast work of log pens filled with the earth obtained from the ditch.
1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 118 A fish spear is to him [sc. the old Texan] a groin,..a house no house, but a log-pen.
log pound n.
ΚΠ
1737 in Coll. New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. (1863) VII. 358 A log pound 30 ft. square, six feet high, with a good gate, and a lock and key.
log prison n.
ΚΠ
1802 Barrington's Hist. New S. Wales 184 The governor resolved on building a large log prison.
1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 212 I went to prison; nothing but a log prison.
log-road n.
ΚΠ
1819 F. Wright Views (1821) 234 A log road, or causeway, as it is denominated, is very grievous to the limbs.
log room n.
ΚΠ
1743 D. Brainerd Let. 30 Apr. in J. Edwards Acct. Life D. Brainerd (1749) 261 It is a Log-Room, without any Floor, that I lodge in.
1903 S. E. White Conjuror's House x. 119 Virginia entered a small log room..and sat down in a musty red armchair.
log-shanty n.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 492 They fell to work..erecting bark huts and log shanties.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §3. 25 He made his way at last to a group of log-shanties in the midst of untilled solitudes.
log stable n.
ΚΠ
1834 Southern Literary Messenger 1 120 In the log stable..I saw a number of them.
log tavern n.
ΚΠ
1810 F. Cuming Sketches Tour Western Country 44 We stopped to feed our horses at a small log tavern.
1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 293 Newark..then contained five or six log-cabins and Black's log tavern.
1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider xvi. 147 Morton was conducted three miles down the river to a log tavern.
log tenement n.
ΚΠ
1829 J. F. Cooper Borderers III. i. 27 The log tenement, the stacks,..were sending forth clouds of murky smoke.
1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. ii. 38 The furniture was of the strange mixture that it is not uncommon to find in the remotely situated log-tenements of the interior.
log-tent n.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 154 Some of the People were employed in cutting Fire-Wood, others in building Log-Tents.
log-trap n.
ΚΠ
1784 J. Belknap Jrnl. 29 July in Tour to White Mts. (1876) 13 We saw the..log-traps, which the hunters set for sables.
1823 S. H. Long Exped. I. 155 This was a log trap, in which one log is elevated above another at one end.
log wall n.
ΚΠ
1840 Knickerbocker 16 247 I looked around on the bare log-walls and ceiling.
1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. ix. 60 The interstices of the log-wall were ‘chinked’.
log-way n.
ΚΠ
1779 in F. Chase Hist. Dartmouth Coll. (1891) I. 562 To maintain said mills by repairing the present buildings..and also the log way and necessary mill houses.
1822 Z. Hawley Tour 95 A nest of ground hornets, concealed under the logway.
1874 B. F. Taylor World on Wheels ii. vii. 245 Days when, over the old road, ran the yellow mud~stained coach,..pitching along its log-ways.
1973 A. Price in Winter's Crimes 5 202 The driver..had driven the cart off the logway.
(c) (‘For use in dealing with logs’.)
log-boom n.
ΚΠ
1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 6 Apr. An addition to the wharf and a log boom are being made.
log-car n.
ΚΠ
1881 Chicago Times 11 June The track upon which runs the log-car.
log-chain n.
ΚΠ
1703 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) VI. 224, i Logg chaine.
1872 A. W. Tourgée Invisible Empire (1880) x. 473 She was..finally choked with a log-chain until she was insensible.
1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xi. 203 I had a few lengths of log chain handy.
log-railway n.
ΚΠ
1858 H. D. Thoreau Chesuncook in Atlantic Monthly June 5/2 A truck drawn by an ox and a horse over a rude log-railway through the woods.
log-sled n.
ΚΠ
1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 2 Feb. 89 He has constructed a road of ice..on which the log-sleds slip along readily.
log-sleigh n.
ΚΠ
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 706/2 The log-sleighs have ten, twelve, and even fourteen-foot bunks, or cross beams, on which the load rests.
log-stamp n.
ΚΠ
1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 5 Jan. Wyburn's improved log stamp is convenient for marking logs with the exact number of feet.
(d) (Sense 8.)
log prices n.
ΚΠ
1888 Lancet 26 May 1049/1 Tailors..obtaining ‘log’ prices—that is, the highest rate of wages.
log-shop n.
ΚΠ
1899 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 382 There are quite a number of Jewish coat makers working for ‘private’ or ‘log’ shops.
(e) (In sense ‘for use in dealing with logs’.)
log skid n.
ΚΠ
1923 C. M. Malfroy Small Sawmills 17 The logging delivery-tram, mill log-skids, engine, breakdown bench.
1957 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Oct. 73/2 Log skids, a platform on which logs are stacked in the forest to assist loading on to trucks.
b. Objective. (Sense 1.)
(a)
log-carrying adj.
ΚΠ
1898 Daily News 16 June 5/2 It is strange to hear that the aged poor are still at oakum-picking or log-carrying.
log-driving adj.
ΚΠ
1879 Lumberman's Gaz. 19 Dec. The dam will be used for flowage and log-driving purposes.
log-hauling adj.
ΚΠ
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 706/2 There is great strife between the teamsters in making log-hauling records.
log-heaving adj.
ΚΠ
1823 W. Faux Mem. Days Amer. 180 Log-heaving, that is, rolling trees together for burning, is done by the neighbours in a body, invited for the purpose.
log-mauling adj.
ΚΠ
1860 Oregon Argus 17 Mar. The judge's style as a stumper is of a heavy, log-mauling kind.
log-raising adj.
ΚΠ
1864 ‘E. Kirke’ Down in Tennessee iii. 43 In April, 1862, he and his band came upon a party of neighbors collected at a log raising in Fentress County.
1897 E. W. Brodhead Bound in Shallows 169 Law, the log-raisin's and corn-huskin's they used to have!
(b)
log-cutter n.
ΚΠ
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 710/2 At night he must get from the log-cutters their count for the day.
log-hauler n.
ΚΠ
1919 W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor (1920) xiii. 233 The log-hauler would not deliver the goods to the rotary saw.
1962 Amer. Speech 37 134 Log hauler, an engineer on a logging train.
log-lumberer n.
ΚΠ
1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 5/1 The pulp-maker..is not content, like the log-lumberer, to remove the grown trees, but takes the young plants as well.
log-maker n.
ΚΠ
1880 Lumberman's Gaz. 7 Jan. 28 Next come the ‘log-makers’, working in gangs of three or four, each with its ‘chief’.
(c) (Sense 7.)
log-reading n.
ΚΠ
1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 476/1 The modern navigator has buried the best part of his astronomy under a heap of dead reckonings and log-readings.
c. Instrumental.
log-built adj.
ΚΠ
1833 C. F. Hoffman Let. 15 Nov. in Winter in West (1835) I. 91 We stopped to breakfast at a low log-built shantee.
1855 Knickerbocker Mag. 46 225 The nuptials were celebrated in the one-story ‘ten-by-six’ log-built mansion of the bride's father.
1902 S. E. White Conjuror's House ix. 111 Your work here among the Indians is rot... You coop them up in your log-built houses.
1937 Discovery Nov. 344/2 This sole surviving example of the log-built churches, once common in the forest region of Essex.
log-lighted adj.
ΚΠ
a1847 E. Cook Gray-haired Dec. iii The log-lighted hall.
d. Similative.
log-like adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective]
unlustyc1225
sleepyc1384
phlegmatica1400
listlessc1440
owlist1440
unlisty1440
phlegmyc1450
sweyntc1450
supine1554
resty1565
unactive1591
sleepy-headed1600
log-like1602
inertious1611
stupefied?1611
lethargic1612
sedentary1625
torpent1647
torpid1656
torpulent1657
softly1664
inert1774
vegetative1789
spiritless1798
unenergetic1805
sloomy1820
slow-going1825
inenergetic1826
comatose1828
moony1847
mooning1864
torpid-minded1909
narcoleptic1965
vegged1986
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. Cv A chaine that's fixt Onely to postes, and senslesse log-like dolts.
log-wise adv.
ΚΠ
1879 R. Browning Halbert & Hob 37 So logwise..Was he pushed, a very log.
C2. Special combinations:
log-basket n. a basket, or similar receptacle, for holding logs by a fire.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > place in which to store wood
wood-yard1309
wood-garth1343
wood-house1356
kid-helm1501
wood-pleck1521
wood-hole1668
chip yard1829
log-basket1902
1902 Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 8/2 A really nice log-basket in wrought iron.
1972 Country Life 14 Dec. 1697/2 A split-willow log basket—22 in. long, 18 in. wide and 12 in. high, it costs £4.00.
log-beam n. (see quot.).
ΚΠ
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 558/2 Log-Beam, the traveling frame in which a log lies and travels in a saw-mill.
log-board n. a hinged pair of boards on which the particulars of a ship's log are noted for transcription into the logbook.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > logbook > board or slate for taking notes
log-board1669
rough log1819
log-slate1834
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. ii. 146 Next we will work the Courses of the Log-board.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xii. 156 O'Brien reported the rate of sailing to the master, marked it down on the log-board, and then returned.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Log-board.
log-butter n. ‘a drag-saw for butting, i.e. cutting off square the ends of logs’ (Knight).
log-buttings n. the ends thus cut off.
ΚΠ
1879 Lumberman's Gaz. 15 Oct. A machine that would utilize..Log Buttings.
log-camp n. = logging-camp n. at logging n. Compounds 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > type of
ordu1673
chantier1823
douar1829
outcamp1844
log-camp1858
lumbering-camp1858
yayla1864
refugee camp1865
cow-camp1873
gypsyry1873
work camp1877
tent town1878
logging-camp1880
lumber-camp1882
town camp1885
base camp1887
line-camp1888
wanigan1890
isolation camp1891
tent village1899
sheep-camp1911
safari camp1912
jungle1914
transit camp1919
Siwash camp1922
health camp1925
tent city1934
fly camp1939
bivvy1961
1858 H. D. Thoreau Chesuncook in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 306/1 My companion inclined to go to the log-camp on the carry.
log-canoe n. one hollowed out of a single tree.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out
troughc893
cot1537
monoxylon1555
toni1582
piragua1599
pitpan1726
log-canoe1752
monoxyle1775
corial1796
dugout1819
montaria1853
lakatoi1885
mokoro1897
doonga1905
curiara1910
1752 P. Stevens in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Colonies (1916) 315 I..set out..in the morning accompanied by an officer and ten soldiers, who brought us in two log canoes.
1788 R. Putnam Let. 16 May in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 379 Our whole fleet consisted of..three log canoes of different sizes.
1841 G. Powers Hist. Sketches Coos Country 130 He took a log-canoe, and ascended the river to the place where Orford bridge now is.
log-chip n. = log-ship n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > line of > piece of wood at end
chip1824
log-ship1841
log-chip1846
1846Log-chip [see log-ship n.].
log-cock n. ‘one of the many local names in North America of Picus pileatus (Woodpecker)’ (Newton).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > dryocopus pileatus
log-cock1806
woodcock1809
1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 4 Mar. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1990) VI. 379 The large woodpecker or log cock.
1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 58 The log-cock, with his gaudy head~dress.
1866 Intellectual Observer No. 53. 333 The Log-cock (Hylatomus Pileatus).
1884 J. Burroughs in Cent. Mag. Dec. 222/2 The log-cock, or pileated woodpecker..I have never heard drum.
log-crop n. the quantity of logs hewn in one season.
ΚΠ
1879 Lumberman's Gaz. 7 May The delivery of the log crop of Michigan.
log-deck n. (see quot.).
ΚΠ
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 42 Log deck, the platform upon a loading jack.
log-drive n. (see drive n. 3a).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs
flume1784
log-rollinga1792
drive1835
river-driving1843
river drive1845
sluice-way1851
sacking1860
timber drivea1861
skidding1877
log-running1878
skid road1880
rigging1897
swamping1902
log-drivea1904
high lead1905
high-lining1919
a1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories ii. 25 He started up river for the log-drive.
1904 N.Y. Evening Post 3 May 2 The annual log-drives have begun in the upper Hudson watershed.
log-fish n. a fish of the U.S. coast Lirus perciformis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Stromatoidei > lirus perciformis (barrel-fish)
blackfish1601
rudderfish1818
barrel-fish1884
log-fish1884
1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 334 The Black Rudder-fish—Lirus perciformis. This fish is also called by the fishermen ‘Log-fish’ and ‘Barrel-fish.’
log frame n. ‘a name for a saw-mill’ (Knight).
log-glass n. (see quot. 1858).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > timer
half-minute glass1690
log-glass1814
1814 Sailor's Return ii. iii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 319 As sure as a can of grog, or allowance, is only left but the time of a log-glass, so sartain [sic] is to be purloin'd.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Log-glass, a half-minute sandglass used on board ship for timing the speed of sailing, by the quantity of line run out in a given time.
log-head n. = blockhead n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
eight ball-
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 311/2 Not being born purely a Loghead (Dummkopf), thou hadst no other outlook.
log-headed adj. having a head like a log.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]
sloweOE
stuntc960
dullOE
hardOE
stuntlyc1000
sotc1050
dillc1175
dulta1225
simplea1325
heavy1340
astonedc1374
sheepishc1380
dull-witteda1387
lourd1390
steerishc1411
ass-likea1425
brainless?a1439
deafc1440
sluggishc1450
short-witted1477
obtuse1509
peakish1519
wearish1519
deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520
doileda1522
gross1526
headlessa1530
stulty1532
ass-headed1533
pot-headed1533
stupid?1541
sheep's head1542
doltish1543
dumpish1545
assish1548
blockish1548
slow-witted1548
blockheaded1549
surd1551
dull-headed1552
hammer-headed1552
skit-brained?1553
buzzardly1561
witless1562
log-headeda1566
assy1566
sottish1566
dastardly1567
stupidious1567
beetle-headed1570
calvish1570
bluntish1578
cod's-headed1578
grout-headed1578
bedaft1579
dull-pated1580
blate1581
buzzard-like1581
long-eared1582
dullard1583
woodena1586
duncical1588
leaden-headed1589
buzzard1592
dorbellical1592
dunstical1592
heavy-headeda1593
shallow-brained1592
blunt-witted1594
mossy1597
Bœotian1598
clay-brained1598
fat1598
fat-witted1598
knotty-pated1598
stupidous1598
wit-lost1599
barren1600
duncifiedc1600
lourdish1600
stockish1600
thick1600
booby1603
leaden-pated1603
partless1603
thin-headed1603
leaden-skulledc1604
blockhead1606
frost-brained1606
ram-headed1608
beef-witted1609
insulse1609
leaden-spirited1609
asininec1610
clumse1611
blockheadly1612
wattle-headed1613
flata1616
logger-headeda1616
puppy-headeda1616
shallow-patedc1616
thick-brained1619
half-headed1621
buzzard-blinda1625
beef-brained1628
toom-headed1629
thick-witted1634
woollen-witted1635
squirrel-headed1637
clod-pated1639
lean-souled1639
muddy-headed1642
leaden-witteda1645
as sad as any mallet1645
under-headed1646
fat-headed1647
half-witted1647
insipid1651
insulsate1652
soft-headed1653
thick-skulleda1657
muddish1658
non-intelligent1659
whey-brained1660
sap-headed1665
timber-headed1666
leather-headeda1668
out of (one's) tree1669
boobily1673
thoughtless1673
lourdly1674
logger1675
unintelligenta1676
Bœotic1678
chicken-brained1678
under-witted1683
loggerhead1684
dunderheaded1692
unintelligible1694
buffle-headed1697
crassicc1700
numbskulled1707
crassous1708
doddy-polled1708
haggis-headed1715
niddy-noddy1722
muzzy1723
pudding-headed1726
sumphish1728
pitcher-souleda1739
duncey1743
hebete1743
chuckheaded1756
dumb1756
duncely1757
imbecile1766
mutton-headed1768
chuckle-headed1770
jobbernowl1770
dowfarta1774
boobyish1778
wittol1780
staumrel1787
opaquec1789
stoopid1791
mud-headed1793
borné1795
muzzy-headed1798
nog-headed1800
thick-headed1801
gypit1804
duncish1805
lightweight1809
numbskull1814
tup-headed1816
chuckle-pate1820
unintellectuala1821
dense1822
ninnyish1822
dunch1825
fozy1825
potato-headed1826
beef-headed1828
donkeyish1831
blockheadish1833
pinheaded1837
squirrel-minded1837
pumpkin-headed1838
tomfoolish1838
dundering1840
chicken-headed1842
like a bump on a log1842
ninny-minded1849
numbheadeda1852
nincompoopish1852
suet-brained1852
dolly1853
mullet-headed1853
sodden1853
fiddle-headed1854
numb1854
bovine1855
logy1859
crass1861
unsmart1861
off his chump1864
wooden-headed1865
stupe1866
lean-minded1867
duffing1869
cretinous1871
doddering1871
thick-head1873
doddling1874
stupido1879
boneheaded1883
woolly-headed1883
leaden-natured1889
suet-headed1890
sam-sodden1891
dopey1896
turnip-headed1898
bonehead1903
wool-witted1905
peanut-headed1906
peanut-brained1907
dilly1909
torpid-minded1909
retardate1912
nitwitted1917
meat-headed1918
mug1922
cloth-headed1925
loopy1925
nitwit1928
lame-brained1929
dead from the neck up1930
simpy1932
nail-headed1936
square-headed1936
dingbats1937
pinhead1939
dim-witted1940
pea-brained1942
clueless1943
lobotomized1943
retarded1949
pointy-headed1950
clottish1952
like a stunned mullet1953
silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954
out to lunch1955
pin-brained1958
dozy1959
eejity1964
out of one's tiny mind1965
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
twatty1975
twattish1976
blur1977
dof1979
goofus1981
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
numpty1992
cockish1996
a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eiv The logheaded knaue.
1926 Spectator 24 July 149/1 Anyone..would have been thought log-headed or obstinate.
log-house n. a house built of logs; in early use (U.S.) applied to a prison; also attributive in log-house quilting (see quot.).
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
prisona1200
jailc1275
lodgec1290
galleya1300
chartrea1325
ward1338
keepingc1384
prison-house1419
lying-house1423
javel1483
tollbooth1488
kidcotec1515
clinkc1530
warding-place1571
the hangman's budget1589
Newgate1592
gehenna1594
Lob's pound1597
caperdewsie1599
footman's inn1604
cappadochio1607
pena1640
marshalsea1652
log-house1662
bastille1663
naskin1673
state prison1684
tronk1693
stone-doublet1694
iron or stone doublet1698
college1699
nask1699
quod1699
shop1699
black hole1707
start1735
coop1785
blockhouse1796
stone jug1796
calaboose1797
factory1806
bull-pen1809
steel1811
jigger1812
jug1815
kitty1825
rock pile1830
bughouse1842
zindan1844
model1845
black house1846
tench1850
mill1851
stir1851
hoppet1855
booby hatch1859
caboose1865
cooler1872
skookum house1873
chokey1874
gib1877
nick1882
choker1884
logs1888
booby house1894
big house1905
hoosegow1911
can1912
detention camp1916
pokey1919
slammer1952
joint1953
slam1960
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific material or construction
thatch-house1521
slate house1554
thack housec1600
frame house1627
log-house1662
straw1665
thatch1693
tin-house1798
fog house1799
leaf house1811
rock house1818
black house1819
blockhouse1821
white house1824
slab-and-bark house1826
brown house1845
brush house1854
soddy1877
hurdle-housea1879
bottle house1913
stucco1922
prefab1942
Portal house1944
Airey1945
yali1962
1662 in H. R. Shurtleff Log Cabin Myth (1939) 80 As fare Westwardly as the logg house.
1669 in Arch. Maryland (1884) II. 224 That there be a Logg house Prison Twenty ffoot Square Built..in the Baltemore County.
1680 N. Carolina Col. Rec. (1886) I. 300 Ye Deponent saw ye sd Mr. Miller enclosed in a Logghouse about 10 or 11 foot square purposely built for him.
1741 P. Tailfer et al. Narr. Georgia (1835) 24 He threatned every Person..who..claim'd their just Rights and Privileges with the Stocks, Whipping-Post, and Logg-House.
1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. II. 9 Constructing temporary habitations (log houses) to reside in.
1806 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set 9th Congr., 2nd Sess. 1113 [He] has built himself some log-houses, and enclosed them with a slight stockade.
1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 46 The log-house and shanty..[have] been supplanted by pretty frame-houses.
1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama 142 A few log houses hastily erected and overcrowded with inmates, alone were to be seen.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand vii. 34 This log house had..given way to a more pretentious structure of brick.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 379 This..pattern in Patchwork is one that in Canada is known as Loghouse Quilting. It is..made of several coloured ribbons..arranged so as to give the appearance of different kinds of wood formed into a succession of squares.
1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 7 Sept. (1970) 318 I arrived at Honeymoon Cabin, a real log house.
1974 ‘S. Harvester’ Forgotten Road v. 54 Clusters of log houses..formed the village.
log-juice n. [compare logwood n. 2, note] slang cheap port wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > port > types of port
white port1691
blackstrap1763
Roriz1817
ruby port1817
tawny port1847
log-juice1854
Cockburn1859
black stripe1862
ruby1924
tawny1929
Taylor1940
1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iii. 19 Mr. B. and party are discovered drinking log-juice, and smoking cabbage-leaves.
log-knot n. a knot made in a log-line to indicate a specified length.
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1860 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 114 Log knots in these..ropes will teach the men the..length.
log-line n. a line of 100 fathoms or more to which the log is attached; also the sort of line used for this purpose.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > line of
log-line1613
minute-line1644
1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 147 Observing the way with the logge-line.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. A Logg-line. Some call this a Minut-line.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 94 The holes, for marling the clues of sails..have grommets of log-line.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Log-line.
log-man n. †(a) one employed to carry logs; (b) one employed in cutting and carrying logs to a mill (U.S. regional).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who gather or carry wood
sticker1422
log-mana1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. i. 67 For your sake Am I this patient Logge-man . View more context for this quotation
1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 175 He turned his hand to the plough, and was the ‘patient log-man’ of a poverty-stricken household.
1870 Daily News 16 Apr. The lumber business is carried on..by the logmen.
log-paddock n. a small field fenced in with logs.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > enclosed land or field > small field or enclosure
parrockeOE
croft969
pightlec1200
curtilagec1330
gartha1340
toftc1440
pingle1546
lot1789
log-paddock1900
1900 H. Lawson On Track 29 He was putting up a two-rail fence along the old log-paddock.
log-perch n. a freshwater fish, Percina caprodes, of North America.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Percidae (perches) > [noun] > genus Percina > percina caprodes (log-perch)
rockfish1605
hogfish1820
log-perch1882
1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. III.) 499 Percina, Log Perches.
1882 D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. (Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. III.) 499 P. caprodes..Log Perch; Rock-fish; Hog-molly; Hog-fish.
log-pocket n. a basin or pool in which logs collect.
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1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 17 Nov. A dam has been built across the river, forming a log pocket.
log-reel n. (see quot.).
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Log-reel, the reel on which the log-line of a ship is wound.
log-rule n. (see quot. 1905).
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1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 369/1 Log rules, either Scribner or Doyle scale.
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 15 Log rule, 1. A tabular statement of the amount of lumber which can be sawed from logs of given lengths and diameters. 2. A graduated stick for measuring the densities of logs. The number of board feet in logs of given diameters and lengths is shown upon the stick.
log-runner n. Australian a ground-dwelling bird of the genus Orthonyx found in northern New South Wales, Queensland, and New Guinea.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Orthorhynchidae > genus Orthonyx (log-runner)
straight-claw1894
log-runner1898
chowchilla1931
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 272/1 Log-runner, an Australian bird, called also a Spine~tail.
1901 A. J. Campbell Nests & Eggs Austral. Birds I. 252 A nest I found in the Big Scrub, Richmond River, which I believe belonged to the Orthonyx, or Log Runner, was in a damp situation.
1931 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? 44 Chowchilla (Northern Log-runner) Orthonyx spaldingi...Call, a series of notes, like ‘Chow-chilla-chow-chow-chilla’. It is also said to be a wonderful mimic.
1934 A. C. Chisholm Bird Wonders Austral. xxi. 206 Settlers in northern Queensland know the Black-headed Logrunner not only as the ‘Auctioneer-bird’, but as the ‘Chowchilla’, since, they say, a company of the birds freely shouts, ‘Chow-chilla-chow-chow’.
1965 Austral. Encycl. V. 359/1 Log-runners construct large domed nests of leaves and moss, with a side-entrance placed usually on the ground or on the top of a low stump.
log-running n. the operation of setting logs afloat down the side-streams, or conveying logs to the saw-mill; the operation of sending logs down a river.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs
flume1784
log-rollinga1792
drive1835
river-driving1843
river drive1845
sluice-way1851
sacking1860
timber drivea1861
skidding1877
log-running1878
skid road1880
rigging1897
swamping1902
log-drivea1904
high lead1905
high-lining1919
1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 6 Apr. The Green Bay Advocate of March 28 says that log-running is commencing all around.
1901 S. E. White Westerners xxi. 199 In the log running Michail Lafond was the man always called upon to skim over the bobbing logs.
log-scale n. (see quot. 1905).
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1877 Michigan Rep. 36 168 The scale of the manufactured lumber exceeded the log scale.
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 42 Log scale, the contents of a log, or of a number of logs considered collectively.
log sheet n. a logbook in which the driver of a commercial motor vehicle enters particulars of his working and rest hours.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > by motor lorry > record kept of journey
log1913
logbook1958
log sheet1958
1958 Listener 14 Aug. 226/2 The lights come on in the cabs [of the lorries], while the drivers make out their log sheets.
1959 E. K. Wenlock Kitchin's Road Transport Law (ed. 12) 78/2 A current record (popularly known as a log sheet) containing the prescribed particulars must be compiled by the driver of every vehicle, [etc.].
1964 Times 11 Feb. 11/6 The practice of keeping duplicate sets of log sheets,..is so common that it is hardly remarked upon.
log-ship n. also log-chip (see quot.).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > device to ascertain ship's speed through water > line of > piece of wood at end
chip1824
log-ship1841
log-chip1846
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 114 Log, a line with a piece of board called the log-ship, attached to it.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. at Log-line A piece of board called the Log-ship or Log-chip.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 43 The ‘log-ship’, is a flat piece of wood in the form of a quadrant, having a sufficient quantity of lead inserted in the circular edge to keep it steady and perpendicular in the water.
log-slate n. a double slate used instead of the log-board n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > logbook > board or slate for taking notes
log-board1669
rough log1819
log-slate1834
1834 Knickerbocker 3 83 Adding on the log-slate another ‘ditto’ to the long column of them.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. 153 It is the custom for each officer at the end of his watch to enter upon the log-slate..the courses, distances, wind and weather during his watch, and anything of note that may have occurred. Once in twenty-four hours the mate copies from this slate into the log-book.
log-work n. (a) the arrangement of logs in the walls of a house or other building; (b) the keeping of the log or logbook (sense 7).
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1721 J. Baxter in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1867) XXI. 57 All Hands went briskly to work, to finish ye log-work in ye Lower Block-house.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 3 Tedious Accounts of their Log-work, how many Leagues they sail'd every Day; where they had the Winds [etc.].
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 111 The chimney is..commonly of lath or split sticks, laid up like log-work and plastered with mud.
Draft additions 1997
Australian. A list or summary of claims for a wage increase, or other employee benefits. Frequently more fully, log of claims.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > demand for higher wages > list of claims
log1911
1911 Commonwealth Arbitration Rep. 5 181 The claims of the employees have been framed into a log of wages and conditions.
1925 Round Table June 587 Delay on the part of various Government departments of Western Australia in dealing with a log lodged by such [harbour] employees.
1948 G. Farwell Down Argent St. 102 When the unions submitted their log of claims for the 1925 Agreement, they asked for increased wages and yet shorter hours.
1969 Age (Melbourne) 24 May 3/2 Negotiations over the log of claims.
1984 Austral. Financial Rev. 9 Nov. 7/3 Workers at the Rosella factory..are on strike over a log of claims, including a 5 per cent wage claim.
Draft additions 1993
log flume n. (a) U.S. = flume n. 3a; (b) = flume n. Additions b.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with wood > [noun] > channel for transporting logs or timber
log flume1963
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides
wiggle-waggle1825
helter-skelter lighthouse1906
cakewalk1908
flip-flap1908
ghost train1931
tunnel of love1954
log flume1963
razzle1969
flume1978
1963 Brit. Columbia Digest Nov.–Dec. 34/3 Logs came to the mill pond by a 19-mile log flume, the second largest on the continent at that time.
1972 New Society 16 Nov. 395/2 The 40-acre fantasy of big dipper rides, log flumes and big wheels.
1983 Proc. Ann. Meeting TAPPI 281/1 Log flumes are used as a method for transporting pulpwood or logs from rivers to inland flumes, or from unloading areas to the barking drum feed conveyor within a pulp mill.
1989 Daily Tel. 4 Feb. (Colour Suppl.) p. v/2 If you're going to use the log flume [at Blackpool], be warned: you really will get wet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
logn.2
/lɒɡ/, /ləʊɡ/, U.S. /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ A Hebrew measure for liquids; the twelfth part of a hin; = about three quarters of a pint.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > Hebrew units
hin1382
batha1398
log1530
bate1548
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. xiv. f. xxiiiiv And lett the preast take..the logge [L. sextarium, a1382 Wycliffite, E.V. sextarie; 1611 King James log] of oyle.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
logn.3adj.
/lɒɡ/, U.S. /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ A. n.3
= logarithm n.See the last paragraph of the note to logarithm n.; (log is no longer confined to a position before a number).
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > logarithm > [adjective]
logarithmetical1621
loga1630
logarithmal1630
logarithmical1631
logarithmic1698
logarithmetic1721
the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > logarithm > [noun]
logarithm1616
logarism1630
log1858
a1630 H. Briggs Logarithm. Arithm. (1631) i. 2 The Log. of proper fractions is Defective.
1785 C. Hutton Math. Tables 125 To find the Log. of 2.
1805 J. W. Norie Epitome Pract. Navigation Expl. Tables p. xv Thus the log. of 295 is 2·469822.
1858 I. Todhunter Algebra for Schools 308 Given log 2 find log ·0025.
1869 J. H. Smith Elem. Algebra 331 Log mn = x + y.
1890 G. F. Matthews Man. Logarithms 18 How many positive integers are there whose logs. to the base 3 have 6 for a characteristic?
1900 A. C. Johnson How to find Time at Sea (4) Pref. The Tables..are..contracted so that all the logs requisite for working a ‘chronometer’ are displayed at one view.
1960 F. Land Lang. Math. ix. 119 Either of the forms 1296 = 64 or 4 = log6 1296 describes the relationship between the number 1296, the base 6 and the index 4.
1971 Nature 17 Dec. 419/2 At every stage in dark adaptation, the log threshold for test flash detection..is raised in proportion to the log brightness of the after image.
B. adj.
= logarithmic adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > logarithmic
logarithmic curve (or line)1698
logistic1728
logarithmic1753
log1785
logistic line-
1785 C. Hutton Math. Tables 150 To find the log. sine of 1° [etc.].
1785 C. Hutton Math. Tables 150 To find the log. tang. of 2° [etc.].
1805 J. W. Norie Epitome Pract. Navigation Expl. Tables p. xv The log. sine of 3 points is 9·744739.
1889 W. M. Walters Ocean Tramp (advt.) The Table of Log Sines, Tangents, &c., has been considerably augmented and simplified.
1890 G. F. Matthews Man. Logarithms 49 The Logarithm of the sine of A is called the logarithmic sine of A and written log sin A.
1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 134 In a recent account of headland-bay beaches Yasso (1965) found that their plan geometry, which results from wave movements, closely fits a log-spiral.
1974 Daily Tel. 14 May 3 (advt.) At last there's a pocket calculator which gives you log and trig functions instantly..at a price that makes sense.
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log log n. (a) n. the logarithm of the logarithm (of a number); also attributive, indicating or involving such quantities; (b) adj. (usually hyphenated), applied to a graph or to graph paper having a logarithmic scale along both axes.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > logarithm > [noun] > types of
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log log1910
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1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 975/1 Dr John Perry added log log scales to the ordinary slide rule in order to facilitate the calculation of ax..according to the formula log log ax = log log a + log x.
1933 S. Dawson Introd. Computation of Statistics i. 28 Log.-log. paper, in which both sets of values are represented by lines proportional to their logarithms.
1957 M. G. Kendall & W. R. Buckland Dict. Statist. Terms 169 Loglog transformation, the transformation of a probability P..according to the formula Y = loge (-loge P).
1962 Lancet 5 May 949/2 An exponential function yields a straight line when plotted on log-linear graph paper, while a power law function gives a straight line when plotted on log-log paper.
1966 D. G. Brandon Mod. Techniques Metallogr. 209 The slope of the log-log plot of the current-voltage characteristic near the threshold field..is of the order of 30.
log-normal adj. Statistics such that the logarithm of the variate is distributed according to a normal distribution.
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1945 J. H. Gaddum in Nature 20 Oct. 465/1 It is proposed to call the distribution of x ‘lognormal’ when the distribution of log x is normal.
1945 J. H. Gaddum in Nature 20 Oct. 465/1 Examples of lognormal distributions have been found in estimates of the numbers of plankton caught in different hauls of the net, and in the amounts of electricity used in medium-class homes in the United States.
1951 Biometrika 38 434 It is assumed that the population distribution of abundance is log-normal.
1971 J. B. Carroll et al. Word Frequency Bk. p. xxi This model..is called the lognormal model, because it postulates that the total vocabulary underlying a corpus is distributed according to the familiar ‘normal distribution’ when the logarithms of the frequencies are used.
log-normally adv.
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1945 J. H. Gaddum in Nature 20 Oct. 465/1 The size of the particles of silver in a photographic emulsion were lognormally distributed.
1951 Biometrika 38 427 (heading) The expected frequencies in a sample of an animal population in which the abundances of species are log-normally distributed.
1967 Proc. Ussher Soc. I. 277 Testing on a logarithmic scale, however, reveals the existence of two lognormally distributed populations with a discontinuity at about 0·15% Mg.
log phase n. Biology = logarithmic phase at logarithmic adj. a.
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logarithmic phase1914
prothrombin time1927
log phase1938
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1938 H. L. Hind Brewing I. xv. 367 This method..was termed the Log phase method because it is used to measure acidity during the logarithmic phase of the growth of the bacterium in wort.
1959 F. S. Stewart Bigger's Handbk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) i. 10 The log phase is of relatively short duration, lasting at most for some hours.
1974 Nature 4 Jan. 67/1 Stationary and log-phase cultures of E. coli B, E. coli K 12 Sr..and B. subtilis were exposed to 160° C.
log table n. a table of logarithms; usually plural.
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log tablec1935
c1935 J. A. Hammerton New Popular Educator 467/1 For practical purposes the indices of 10 have been tabulated in what are called Tables of Logarithms... The student now needs this tool, ‘log tables’.
1962 R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization xx. 143 Napier developed between 1614–1620 His logarithms, his complete log tables.
1969 D. C. Hague Managerial Econ. vi. 132 Given time, patience and log tables, we could draw up a table like Table 7 for ourselves.
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/lɒɡ/, U.S. /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ 1. transitive.† a. To bring (a tree) to the condition of a log; to deprive of branches (obsolete). absolute.1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ii. 188 The settlers..were busy logging and burning.a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 73 We turned our backs on Chesuncook, which McCauslin had formerly logged on.1878 Michigan Rep. 37 408 He was logging on the..Manistee River.
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b. To cut (timber) into logs.
c. To remove the logs or trees from (an area). Also const. off, over, up. Chiefly North American.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [verb (transitive)] > fell an area
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1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 80 A Tree..so thick, that after it is log'd, it remains still too great a Burthen for one Man.
1717 in Mass. House of Representatives Jrnl. (1919) I. 272 Bridger [is trying]..to compel the Inhabitants..to Pay Him Forty Shillings..for each Team they send to Log and get Timber.
1818 L. D. Clark in Firelands Pioneer (1920) XXI. 2322 He and Lines went logging of the land to sow with wheat.
1829 J. MacTaggart Three Years in Canada II. 206 When the large wood is hewn down and logged, that is, cut into lengths and laid round these stacks in a rude pile, the fire can more readily be applied to them.
1829 in E. C. Guillet Valley of Trent (1957) 355 After this we logged up and cleared three acres.
1833 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 22 June 167/2 He..acquaints his neighbours around him, according to the extent of the land he has to log.
1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 101 After the trees have been chopped, cut into lengths, drawn together, or logged, as we call it.
1839 A. Langton Jrnl. in Gentlewoman Upper Canada (1950) 114 Six or seven acres were logged up during the day.
a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) i. 20 Only a little spruce and hemlock beside had been logged here.
1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail ii. 5 We own, however, five million on the Cass Branch which we would like to log on contract.
1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories iii. 46 Suppose you log a knoll which..must grow at least a half million.
1919 B. W. Sinclair Burned Bridges 302 As soon as the land is logged off it is open for soldier entry.
1921 H. Kephart Camping & Woodcraft (new ed.) I. 113 With this one tool a good axeman can..quickly fell and log-up a tree large enough to keep a hot fire before his lean-to throughout the night.
1948 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 18 July 6/5 By 1889 he had built a farm home and ‘tourist home’ from timber he had cut and logged himself.
1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 45 Once provisional State forest was logged over for timber it was then released for agricultural development.
1963 E. C. Guillet Pioneer Farmer I. 318 Some men were known to log several acres a year entirely alone—without even oxen.
d. To clear up or cut over (a certain area) in logging.
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1843 Yale Lit. Mag. 8 332 Squatters, eh! I reckon I'm as reg'lar a settler as ever logged up a clearin.
1843 Yale Literary Mag. 8 406 Now I fear there are multitudes of people in the land..whose first idea when coming to the premises would be,..‘what a nation sight of bother it would be to log up a clearing in these parts.
e. to log up (see quots. 1889, 1905). So logging-up n. New Zealand colloquial.
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1889 Colonia 1 i. 26 ‘Logging-up’ is generally done in the autumn, when there are strong gales of wind blowing. The bush which has been felled in the winter, is set fire to, and after a day or two when the ground is sufficiently cool for walking on, the still-burning logs are rolled together and piled up with rubbish, so that they may be burnt clean away.
1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xv. 232 When the burning is badly done the seed cannot be properly sown; the rubbish lies thick over the ground and the whole has to be gone over again and ‘logged-up’, else the land is thrown temporarily out of use..while the owner waits for the remaining rubbish to decay.
1905 J. M. Thomson Bush Boys N.Z. ii. 32 These [big unburned trees] are ‘logged-up’ afterwards, that is rolled together and piled round the stumps, so as to dry thoroughly preparatory to ‘firing’ them again.
1908 B. E. Baughan Shingle-short 84 [Trees] logged up for burning.
2. To lay out (a road) with a layer of logs.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > make road with (split) logs
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1893 Scribner's Mag. June 706/1 Road-makers log out the road to its proper width.
3. † a. transitive. Of water: To lie in (a ship) so as to reduce it to the condition of a log; in quot. 1751 absol.
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1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xciv. 2 Several feet of under-water logging in her hold.
b. intransitive. To lie like a log.
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1810 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio III. 180 By slow degrees the sinking breezes die, And on the smooth still flood we logging lie.
1864 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady (ed. 2) 6 The logging crocodiles' Outrageous bulk.
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1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 4) (at cited word) To Log..is a punishment which is inflicted in some dragoon or hussar regiments for indisciplined and disorderly conduct.
1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. xix. 194 The captain ordered Mr. Ruffin to log me, and swore he would send me back to the States in irons.
5. absolute.1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting 376 I have got on very slowly since logging up last.
a. Originally Nautical. To enter (esp. the distance run by a ship) in a log or logbook; hence gen., to record. Also with down, up.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [verb (transitive)] > work out a course > enter distance run in log
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1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xv. 221 I've logged many a hard thing against your name.
1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 72 94 He has just logged down, in a plain manner, what he noticed on the road.
1880 N. H. Bishop Four Months in Sneak-box 106 I..went into camp behind an island, logging with pleasure my day's run at sixty-seven miles.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 8 The weather was logged at midnight, ‘Light, clear, passing showers’.
1924 J. Bruce Power Station Efficiency Control v. 105 If an analysis is to be made of the boiler-room operating results, the indications from the various instruments must be carefully logged at least every half-hour.
1966 M. Rubin & C. E. Haller Communication Switching Syst. viii. 294 Every message which is accepted into the system is logged on a storage device.
1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles i. 18 One further parameter of particular importance in logging bore-hole strata is the measurement of thermal conductivity.
1974 Physics Bull. Jan. 30/2 Up to now data from brake tests have been logged using ultraviolet recorders or human observers.
b. Of a vessel: To traverse (a certain distance) by log-measurements. Also, to travel at (a certain speed) as measured by a log; to ‘do’. Hence of an aircraft or pilot: to attain a cumulative total of (so many hours, miles, etc.) in the air. Also transferred, of a machine and the time spent in operation.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance measured by log
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > traverse a distance measured by log > travel at (a certain speed)
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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly an aircraft [verb (transitive)] > attain specific time or distance
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1883 E. F. Knight Cruise of ‘Falcon’ I. 52 This day we logged 160 miles.
1892 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 5/1 In one day she hardly logged as much as a hundred knotts.
1928 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 116/2 The liner was logging a steady seventeen knots.
1955 Times 22 Aug. 8/5 During the past five days..Secretary of State for Air, who has been learning to fly, has logged 13 hours' solo flying, it was stated yesterday by an Air Ministry spokesman.
1956 IRE Trans. Electronic Computers 5 138/2 To date 670 hours of operation have been logged on this unit since debugging.
1966 Listener 4 Aug. 179/2 The Graf Zeppelin..was the first aircraft to log over a million miles.
1972 Lebende Sprachen 17 73/2 Over the past two years, our HS 125s..have proved themselves to be increasingly valuable as management tools while logging more than 1,200 trouble-free hours.
c. To enter the name of (a man as an offender) in a logbook, with a penalty attached. Hence, to fine.
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1889 Times 10 Sept. 10/5 The understanding..was that the penalties for logging should not be enforced.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Aug. 2/1 Taken before the captain on the bridge and ‘logged’ to the extent of from five to twenty shillings.
1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Logging offences, the entering..in the ‘official log’ of British vessels of offences committed by members of the crew.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 280 I'll log ye to-morrow.
d. to log in or on (intr.), to open one's on-line access to a computer, esp. a database or other time-shared system, from a terminal; also to log (a person) in or out; to log off or out (intr.), to terminate one's on-line access to a computer; also to log (a person) off, to log off (a system). So log-out n. the action or an act of logging out, etc.
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1963 Compatible Time-sharing Syst. (M.I.T. Computation Center) iii. 25 If the user exceeds his track quota while writing a file, there will be an automatic temporary extension of his quota…The extension will be maintained when the user issues logout. When he next logs in, he should relieve the excess..by adequate deletions.
1965 IEEE Spectrum 2 59/1 An automatic logout of the author's problem.
1965 IEEE Spectrum 2 61/2 The total number of user-hours between logins and logouts turns out to be approximately 17 times the number of computer hours used.
1968 M. V. Wilkes Time-sharing Computer Syst. ii. 7 The user begins a session by logging in, that is he types the command LOGIN, followed by his problem number and name.
1968 M. V. Wilkes Time-sharing Computer Syst. ii. 7 The user is logged in and the date and time are printed.
1968 M. V. Wilkes Time-sharing Computer Syst. vii. 94 If necessary, the handshake program will log out a low priority user in favour of a high priority user who wishes to come in.
1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 65/3 (advt.) With 300 people authorized to use the terminals,..we now average over 400 ‘log-ons’ a day. As many as 70 people may be online simultaneously.
1978 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 57 1924 A user may log out simply by typing the end-of-file sequence to the shell.
1978 Bell Syst. Techn. Jrnl. 57 1925 A user has successfully logged in by supplying a name and password.
1983 Pop. Computing Oct. 71 Big savings come only by minimizing the time you spend actually connected to the service or database. Anything you can do off line should be done before you log on. If you get stuck on something, don't be reluctant to log off,..and log back on.
1984 Today in Gainesville (Florida) Mar. 13/2 Almost everywhere, it seems, American hackers (fanatics) are ‘logging on’ to these computerized repositories.
1985 Byte Jan. 306/2 A person..upon exiting from the program is logged off the MP/M system.
1985 Computerworld 29 Sept. 51/1 Allowing people to log on and leave the terminal area without logging off the system.
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1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 133 Which kinde of Phrase, your old women in Spaine vse to their children, when they goe sneakingly and fearfully about any businesse. Anda, anda, que pareçe que vas a hurtar; Get thee gone, get thee gone, thou goest logging and dreamingly about it, as if thou wentest a filching.
7. Australian Mining. to log up: To make a log support for the windlass.
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1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. v. 132 We..had logged up and made a start with another shaft.
8. Tailoring. To enter (at a certain price) on a log.
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1913 J. Carter in Oxf. Mag. 22 May 360/1 A particular garment logged at, say, a total price of 15s. 6d..may be given out to a workman at 10s. 6d or even less.
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transitive (usually in passive). To attach a block of wood to the neck of (a dog) as a restraint on its movement. Also figurative. historical in later use.In Ireland such restraint was required by law for dogs in certain situations, such as public places, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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1788 Freemans Jrnl. 4 Nov. 3/3 The melancholy accident..where a young boy..received a bite from a mad dog..[calls for] a strict execution of the law, which directs that those who keep dogs should have them logged.
1824 Dublin Jrnl. 21 May Several Dogs have been destroyed in the vicinity of Dublin... The owners of dogs should keep them securely logged during the day.
1852 F. B. Head Fortnight in Ireland i. 207 An English dog runs about unfettered, but taxed, and an Irish dog lives untaxed, but logged.
1912 M. C. Logue Let. 24 Mar. in Seanchas Ardmhacha 18 167 We do not want Catholics logged and muzzled as if they were furious dogs.
1975 Cork Examiner 10 Apr. 5/8 It was Knapp [sc. Mayor of Cork in 1829] who made the citizens have their dogs logged or muzzled, although the logs soon became an ornament only.
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logv.2
/lɒɡ/, U.S. /lɔɡ/, /lɑɡ/ dialect.
a. transitive. To rock, move to and fro.
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1808 R. Polwhele Cornish-Eng. Vocab. 45 (note) This enormous mass, from its peculiarity of position, may be easily logged to and fro.
b. intransitive. To oscillate.
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1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 35/1 Log, to oscillate.
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