log
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
Noun
- 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.
- 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...
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
- […] it was a thing of sinuous durability, wound around the spirit like a tapeworm around a log of shit. - 1999, Glen Duncan, Hope:
- Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla. - 2011, Edward Espe Brown, The Complete Tassajara Cookbook:
- A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- 1659, Navigation by the Mariners Plain Scale New Plain'd, by John Collins Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the...
- A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A heavy longboard.
- 1999, Neal Miyake https://web.archive.org/web/20060530122555/http://www.iav.com/~sponge/sesh/new2/sesh213.htm I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood
- A rolled cake with filling.
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
- A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
- A penis.
Origin
From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.
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ants on a log as easy as rolling off a log backlog Christmas log drop a log Dutchman's log easy as falling off a log easy as rolling off a log firelog flog the log footlog hand log heave the log lick log like a bump on a log like falling off a log like rolling off a log logboard log boat logboat log book log-burner log burner log cabin
Noun Entry 2
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:... - 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights...
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
Origin
Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.
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changelog chatlog datalog devlog key log lifelog linklog logboard logfile logline logpoint log pot logsheet log slate log spam log-structured photolog syntelog tracer log tracklog trip log tumblelog weblog worklog
Noun Entry 3
- Synonym of logarithm.
- To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
Synonyms: logarithm
- A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
- During the first 24 hr, however, titers of the lightly piliated organisms in the kidney increased by 4 logs, whereas the heavily piliated P. mirabilis were virtually all eliminated. - 1978, F. J. Silverblatt, I. Ofek,...
Origin
A clipping of logarithm.
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common log lin-log loglike loglikelihood log-lin log-linear log-log log-logistic log-log paper lognormal log-normal distribution logscale logspace log table natural log polylog semilog semi-log paper skew-T log-P diagram
Noun units of measure
- A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
- ...and one log of oil... - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 14:10:
- In the Hebrew system the log (Lev. xiv. 10) corresponds to the mina. Since the Hellenistic writers equate the log with the Græco-Roman sextarius, whatever these writers say on the relation of the sextarius to other...
Origin
From Hebrew לֹג.
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Verb Entry 5
- To cut trees into logs.
- To cut down (trees).
- 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...
- To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
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Verb Entry 6
- To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
- to log the miles travelled by a ship
- To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
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loggable log in log into log off log on log onto log out mislog waterlog
Verb video games
- To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
- A few times a year, the yeshiva held study competitions to see who could log the most hours learning, and students would study for hours and hours without stopping for anything. - 2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve,...
- You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!
Origin
Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2.
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Verb obsolete
- To move to and fro; to rock.