Variant of log
- a section of the trunk or of a large branch of a felled tree, either in its natural state or cut up for use in building, as firewood, etc.
Origin: because orig. a quadrant of woodany of various devices for measuring the speed of a ship
- a daily record of a ship's speed, progress, etc., and of the events in its voyage; logbook
- a similar record of an aircraft's flight
- a record of a pilot's flying time, experience, etc.
- any record of progress or occurrences, as on a journey, in an experiment, etc.
Origin: ME logge, prob. < or akin to ON lāg (Dan laag), felled tree < base of liggia, to lie, akin to OE licgan, to lie
- to saw (trees) into logs
- ☆ to cut down the trees of (a region) for use as lumber or logs
- to enter or record in a log
- to sail or fly (a specified distance)
- to be credited with a record of (certain accomplishments)
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