单词 | logging |
释义 | loggingn. 1. The action of felling timber or hewing it into logs. Also concrete. A quantity of timber felled. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > felling trees fallinga1425 felling1447 fell1531 fall1535 woodfall1588 slaughter1657 logging1706 tree-felling1759 fallage1788 slashing1822 fellage1839 wood-cutting1872 throw1879 bush-falling1882 drive1899 bushwhacking1906 clear-cutting1922 coupe1922 landnam1950 1706 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1869) III. 337 Those whose livelihood chiefly consists in Logging and working in the woods. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. xvii. 249 His piles, or to use the language of the country, his logging. 1881 Chicago Times 16 Apr. It has been a hard winter for logging. 1895 S. R. Crockett Bog-myrtle & Peat 400 During his student days he combined the theory of theology with the practice of ‘logging’. 2. (See quot. 1817, and cf. log-rolling n. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > combination for mutual assistance logging1817 log-rolling1823 1817 T. Jefferson Let. 16 June in Writings (1903) XV. 134 The barter of votes..which with us is called ‘logging’, the term of the farmers for their exchanges of aid in rolling together the logs of their newly-cleared grounds. 3. The process of taking and recording information about something. (Cf. log v.1 5, log n.1 7d.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > record of findings > act of recording logging1941 1941 F. H. Lahee Field Geol. (ed. 4) xviii. 574 For..learning more about the lithology and fluid content of rocks in the walls of a bore-hole, and..for more accurately fixing the top and bottom contacts of rocks of varying character..electrical surveying, or electrical logging..has become common practice. 1958 L. E. C. Hughes Electronic Engineer's Ref. Bk. 832 With the aid of the automatic logging control..the alarm circuits on each unit controller trigger off printed messages. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xvi. 255/1 Down-hole resistivity logging..showed that the kerogen content of the shale is thin-bedded, and that it can be measured rapidly by this means. 1967 Electronics 6 Mar. 269/1 Suggested applications include scanning, multiplexing..data logging..and telemetering. Compounds C1. General attributive. logging-camp n. 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 1880 N. H. Bishop Four Months in Sneak-box 248 Following along its bank for a mile, we arrived at the logging-camp of Mr. Childeers. logging-chain n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > means of securing logs logging-chain1825 swifter1870 boom-chain1883 wrapper1901 catpiece1905 four paws1905 1825 A. Anderson Diary 10 Sept. in G. Sellar Narr. (1916) vii. 103 Walked to Toronto... Am no judge of oxen... Besides them had to pay for logging-chain and an ox-sled. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 36 Dump hook, a levered chain, grab hook attached to the evener to which a team is hitched in loading logs. A movement of the lever releases the hook from the logging chain without stopping the team. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxvi. 356 He was carrying in his hand a light logging-chain which was attached to his ankles. 1949 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 15 Jan. 71/2 I rushed around to the toolbox, dragged out one of the heavy logging chains. logging company n. ΚΠ 1903 A. B. Hart Actual Govt. 326 Logging companies buy up immense areas of land for timber. 1948 Time 9 Feb. 36/3 Logging companies protested it was a poor policy to rob them of 800 loyal, trained workers when there was a shortage of labor. logging establishment n. ΚΠ 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 67 I have seldom taxed my judgement as severely on any subject as in judiciously locating a logging establishment. logging-path n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > used by lumberjacks logging-patha1862 a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 218 We..were soon confused by numerous logging-paths. logging railway n. ΚΠ 1888 J. Muir Picturesque Calif. 460 It is moved from camp to camp by the ‘logging’ railway. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 7 July 1/7 Construction of logging railways and similar facilities will be proceeded with..for the re~opening of the logging camps in September. 1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Mar. 12/1 I used shank's mare along the logging railway to what was referred to as Headquarters Camp. logging-road n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > used by lumberjacks logging-road1839 1839 C. T. Jackson 3rd Ann. Rep. Geol. Maine 41 We..walked along a logging road in the forest beside the stream. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 112 Robin down the logging-road whistles, ‘Come to me!’ logging-shirt n. ΚΠ 1845 Peter Parley's Ann. 30 A coarse garment of hempen cloth, called a logging shirt. logging-sled n. ΚΠ 1741 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1872) VI. 349 Sent our Baggage on loging sleds to Rochester from Cochecho. logging swamp n. ΚΠ 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Logging swamp, in Maine, the place where pine timber is cut. 1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 46 We have sometimes heard the voice of prayer even in the logging swamp. logging wheel n. ΚΠ 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 42 Logging wheels, a pair of wheels, usually about 10 feet in diameter, for transporting logs. C2. logging-bee n. U.S. (cf. bee n.3.) ΚΠ 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 192 We called a logging-bee; we had a number of settlers attend..to assist us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). loggingadj.1 That logs or lies like a log. ΚΠ 1864 T. Woolner My Beautiful Lady (ed. 2) 6 The logging crocodiles' Outrageous bulk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). loggingadj.2 That rocks. Only in logging-rock, logging-stone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > rocking or perched rocking stone1638 shaking stonea1705 logan-stone1759 logging-stone1818 1818 R. P. Knight Symbolic Lang. (1876) 148 The rude and primitive symbol of the logging rock. 1824 F. Hitchins & S. Drew Hist. Cornwall I. iv. §4. 148 In the parish of Sithney..stood a celebrated logging stone. 1881 Harper's Mag. Nov. 803 Logging-stones whose ponderous bulk sways at the touch of a woman's hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1706adj.11864adj.21818 |
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