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log
CIDE DICTIONARY
log, n. [Heb. l.].
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. W. H. Ward. [1913 Webster]
log, n. [Icel. lāg a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.].
- A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing. [1913 Webster]
- An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water. [1913 Webster]" 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." [1913 Webster]
- The record of the rate of speed of a ship or airplane, and of the course of its progress for the duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book. [1913 Webster]
- A record and tabulated statement of the person(s) operating, operations performed, resources consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or system. [1913 Webster]
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. [1913 Webster]
- A record of activities performed within a program, or changes in a database or file on a computer, and typically kept as a file in the computer. [PJC]
log, v. t.
- To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. J. F. Cooper. [1913 Webster]
- To record any event in a logbook, especially an event relating to the operation of a machine or device. [PJC]
log, v. i.
- To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs. [1913 Webster]
- To move to and fro; to rock. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
log, n. & v.
--n.
1 an unhewn piece of a felled tree, or a similar rough mass of wood, esp. cut for firewood.
2 a a float attached to a line wound on a reel for gauging the speed of a ship. b any other apparatus for the same purpose.
3 a record of events occurring during and affecting the voyage of a ship or aircraft (including the rate of a ship's progress shown by a log: see sense 2).
4 any systematic record of things done, experienced, etc.
5 = LOGBOOK.
--v.tr. (logged, logging)
1 a enter (the distance made or other details) in a ship's logbook. b enter details about (a person or event) in a logbook. c (of a ship) achieve (a certain distance).
2 a enter (information) in a regular record. b attain (a cumulative total of time etc. recorded in this way) (logged 50 hours on the computer).
3 cut into logs.
--n.
1 an unhewn piece of a felled tree, or a similar rough mass of wood, esp. cut for firewood.
2 a a float attached to a line wound on a reel for gauging the speed of a ship. b any other apparatus for the same purpose.
3 a record of events occurring during and affecting the voyage of a ship or aircraft (including the rate of a ship's progress shown by a log: see sense 2).
4 any systematic record of things done, experienced, etc.
5 = LOGBOOK.
--v.tr. (logged, logging)
1 a enter (the distance made or other details) in a ship's logbook. b enter details about (a person or event) in a logbook. c (of a ship) achieve (a certain distance).
2 a enter (information) in a regular record. b attain (a cumulative total of time etc. recorded in this way) (logged 50 hours on the computer).
3 cut into logs.
Idiom
like a log
1 in a helpless or stunned state (fell like a log under the left hook).
2 without stirring (slept like a log). log cabin a hut built of logs. log in = log on.
log-jam
1 a crowded mass of logs in a river.
2 a deadlock. log-line a line to which a ship's log (see sense 2 a. of n.) is attached. log on (or off) go through the procedures to begin (or conclude) use of a computer system.
1 in a helpless or stunned state (fell like a log under the left hook).
2 without stirring (slept like a log). log cabin a hut built of logs. log in = log on.
log-jam
1 a crowded mass of logs in a river.
2 a deadlock. log-line a line to which a ship's log (see sense 2 a. of n.) is attached. log on (or off) go through the procedures to begin (or conclude) use of a computer system.
log, n. a logarithm (esp. prefixed to a number or algebraic symbol whose logarithm is to be indicated).
Etymology
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THESAURUS
log
Domesday Book, Mach meter, accelerometer, account book, accounts payable ledger, accounts receivable ledger, address book, adversaria, album, anemometer, annals, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, backlog, balance, balance sheet, balance the books, bank ledger, bankbook, bavin, beam, billet, blankbook, blotter, board, boarding, book, books, boom, brush, brushwood, calendar, capitalize, card ledger, carry, carry over, carve, cashbook, cast loose, cast up accounts, catalog, chalk, chalk up, charge off, check in, check sheet, chronicle, chronology, clap on ratlines, clapboard, classified catalog, clear hawse, clock card, close out, close the books, commonplace book, cord, cordwood, cost card, cost ledger, cost sheet, court calendar, credit, cut, cut loose, date slip, datebook, daybook, deal, debit, desk calendar, diary, diptych, docket, driftwood, engagement book, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, factory ledger, fagot, file, fill out, firewood, grave, ground log, hardwood, harpoon log, haul, haul down, heave, heave apeak, heave round, heave short, impanel, incise, index, inscribe, insert, inventory, jot down, journal, journalize, kedge, keep books, kindling, kindlings, lath, lathing, lathwork, lay, lay aloft, ledger, list, log line, logbook, loose-leaf notebook, lumber, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, memo book, memorandum book, memory book, minute, note, note down, notebook, pad, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, passbook, patent log, petty cashbook, place upon record, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pocket notebook, pocketbook, pole, police blotter, poll, post, post up, puncheon, purchase ledger, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, ratline down, record, record book, reduce to writing, register, registry, sales journal, sales ledger, scrapbook, scratch pad, set down, shake, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, spar down, speedometer, spiral notebook, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood, stock ledger, stores ledger, stovewood, stream the log, strike a balance, suspense ledger, table, tablet, tabulate, tachometer, taffrail log, take down, tape, tape-record, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork, time book, time chart, time scale, time schedule, time sheet, time study, timecard, timetable, traverse a yard, triptych, two-by-four, unlash, videotape, warp, weatherboard, wind gauge, wood, workbook, write, write down, write in, write out, write up, writing tablet, yearbook, yule clog, yule logROGET THESAURUS
log
Velocity
N velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, eagle speed, expedition, pernicity, acceleration, haste, spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase, smart rate, lively rate, swift rate, rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace, round pace, flying, flight, lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind, cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver, telegraph, express train, torrent, eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee, ostrich, scorcher, Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin, log, log line, speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter, pedometer, fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet, aliped, nimble, agile, expeditious, express, active, flying, galloping, light footed, nimble footed, winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic, light-legged, light of heel, swift as an arrow, quick as lightning, quick as a thought, swiftly, with speed, apace, at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed, full drive, full gallop, posthaste, in full sail, tantivy, trippingly, instantaneously, under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam, velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time, with rapid strides, with giant strides, a pas de geant, in seven league boots, whip and spur, ventre a terre, as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one, as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed, by leaps and bounds, with haste, vires acquirit eundo, I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes, swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow, go like a bat out of hell, tempus fugit.Fuel
N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.Record
N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.Also see definition of "log" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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