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Webster 1913 Edition
Log
Log
,Noun.
[Heb.
lōg
.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
W. H. Ward.
1.
A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
2.
[Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG.
log
, lock
, Dan. log
, Sw. logg
.] (Naut.)
An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship’s motion through the water.
☞ The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate.
5.
(Mining)
A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Log board
(Naut.)
, a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead.
– Log book
, or
Logbook
(Naut.)
, (a)
a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board.
(b)
a book in which a log{4} is recorded.
– Log cabin
, Log house
a cabin or house made of logs.
– Log canoe
, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log; a dugout canoe.
– Log glass
(Naut.)
, a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line.
– Log line
(Naut.)
, a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d , 2.
– Log
, Noun.
Log perch
(Zool.)
, an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (
– Percina caprodes
); – called also hogfish
and rockfish
. Log reel
(Naut.)
, the reel on which the log line is wound.
– Log slate
. (Naut.)
See
– Log board
(above). Rough log
(Naut.)
, a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage.
– Smooth log
(Naut.)
, a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government.
– To heave the log
(Naut.)
, to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.
Log
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Logged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Logging
.] 1.
(Naut.)
, To enter in a ship's log book;
as, to
. log
the miles runJ. F. Cooper.
Log
,Verb.
I.
1.
To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
[U.S.]
2.
To move to and fro; to rock.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Log
LOG
,Noun.
1.
A bulky piece or stick of timer unhewed. Pine logs are floated down rivers in America, and stopped at saw-mills. A piece of timber when hewed or squared, is not called a log, unless perhaps in constructing log-huts.2.
In navigation, a machine for measuring the rate of a ship's velocity through the water. The common log is a piece of board, forming the quadrant of a circle of about six inches radius, balanced by a small plate of lead nailed on the circular part, so as to swim perpendicular.3.
[Heb.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing, according to some authors, three quarters of a pint; according to others, five sixths of a pint. According to Arbuthnot, it was the seventy second part of the bath or ephab, and the twelfth part of a hin.LOG
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
log
log
- For the list of public logs on this wiki, see Special:Log.
Translingual
Symbol
log
- (mathematics) logarithm
- if then
Hyponyms
Usage notes
If not specified, the assumed base of the logarithm is either 10 or e, depending on context.
Related terms
Translations
logarithm symbol
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English
Noun
log (plural logs)
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
- They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- 1995: New American Standard Bible: Matthew 7, 3 – 5
- Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
- 1995: New American Standard Bible: Matthew 7, 3 – 5
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- 1999, Glen Duncan, Hope
- […] it was a thing of sinuous durability, wound around the spirit like a tapeworm around a log of ****.
- 2011, Edward Espe Brown, The Complete Tassajara Cookbook
- Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla.
- 1999, Glen Duncan, Hope
- (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- A logbook.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- (surfing slang) A longboard.
- (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
- (mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- (vulgar) A piece of feces.
Synonyms
- (logbook):
Hyponyms
- (nautical): chip log, taffrail log
- (rolled cake): Swiss roll
Derived terms
Terms derived from log (noun)
Translations
trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
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bulky piece of timber
nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
logbook — see logbook
very dumb person — see blockhead
surfing: longboard — see longboard
rolled cake — see Swiss roll
Verb
log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)
- (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
- Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
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- (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by chip log.
- (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
Derived terms
Related terms
- (to cut down trees): logging
Translations
to cut down trees
Etymology 2
From logbook, itself from log (above) + book, from a wooden float (chip log, or simply log) used to measure speed.
Noun
log (plural logs)
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:...
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
Derived terms
Translations
logbook — see logbook
chronological record
Verb
log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)
- (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- to log the miles travelled by a ship
- (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
make an entry in a log
Etymology 3
Verb
log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)
- (obsolete) To move to and fro; to rock.
Etymology 4
Noun
log (plural logs)
- A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. H. Ward to this entry?)
Etymology 5
From logarithm.
Noun
log (plural logs)
- logarithm.
- To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
Derived terms
- common log
- lognormal
- natural log
References
- ↑ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), p. 607.
- ↑ J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “log”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *legh- 'to put down, to lie down'. Compare Old Frisian lōch, Dutch oorlog (“war”), Middle High German urlage (“fate, battle”), Old English log 'place', Old Norse løgi (“tranquillity”), Greek λόχος (lóchos, “confinement”), Tocharian A lake, Tocharian B leke 'lair', Old Irish lige (“bad, grave”).
Noun
log m (indefinite plural logje, definite singular logu, definite plural logët)
- battlefield, ground (where warriors or men gather for council)
- level patch (of ground)
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔx
Etymology 1
Presumably Germanic, cognates may include English log, lag, Middle Low German luggich 'slow'
Adjective
log (comparative logger, superlative logst)
- lumbering, inert, slow in movement; immobile
- (originally) plumb, (too) heavy in built ande/or weight
- cumbersome, hard to move or change
- dull, uninspired
Inflection
| Inflection of log | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | log | |||
| inflected | logge | |||
| comparative | logger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | log | logger | het logst het logste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | logge | loggere | logste |
| n. sing. | log | logger | logste | |
| plural | logge | loggere | logste | |
| definite | logge | loggere | logste | |
| partitive | logs | loggers | — | |
Derived terms
- logheid
- logte
- loggat
- loggroot (adjective)
- logzwaar (adjective)
- verloggen
Etymology 2
Germanic: cognate with liegen 'to (tell a) lie', German lügen
Noun
log n (plural loggen, diminutive logje n)
- A lie, violation of the truth
Derived terms
- logbaar
- onlogbaar
Etymology 3
Germanic: from equivalent German Loch 'hole, opening, cavity'
Noun
log n (plural loggen)
- (obsolete) An alternative form of loch
Derived terms
- jammerlog n
- loggat n
- schutlog n
Etymology 4
Germanic: from English log (see above), sense (and short for) chip log
Noun
log m (plural loggen, diminutive logje n)
- A chip log, instrument to measure a vessel's speed
Synonyms
- (derivation) logplankje n
Derived terms
- (by type) leklog, handlog, patentlog
- logboek n (perhaps from English logbook)
- loggen
- logglas n
- loggekas
- loglijn, loglijnknoop
- logmerk n
- logrol
- logschuitje n
- logtafel
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *lōgą, from Proto-Indo-European *legh-. Cognate with Old Frisian lōch, Old High German luog. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek λέκτρον (léktron), Latin lectus (“bed”), Albanian log (“place for men, gathering”), Proto-Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Proto-Slavic *ležati (Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ)).
Noun
lōg n
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Verb
lōg
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From lèžati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lôːɡ/
Noun
lȏg m (Cyrillic spelling ло̑г)
- (archaic) bed
Declension
Declension of log
References
- “log” in Hrvatski jezični portal