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attached to a line wound on a reel. also any other apparatus for. the<br />

same purpose. l. a a book containing a detailed daily record of a. ship's<br />

voyage a logbook. e. b a systematic record of things done. found<br />

experienced etc. as (a)a record of discoveries or variations at.<br />

successive depths in drilling a well a graph or chart displaying this.<br />

information (b)a record with details of journeys kept by a lorry driver.<br />

(c)a record of what is broadcast by a radio or television station.<br />

(d)computing a sequential file of the transactions on a database. e. c a.<br />

list or summary of claims for a wage increase etc. freq. more fully log<br />

of. claims. austral. e.. f. chichester an oldfashioned log which worked<br />

by timing the runout. of a given length of line. a yachting world in<br />

theory a navigator keeps. everything in his log. b k. g. fenelon a daily<br />

logshowing the nature of. the work performed. national observer (us)<br />

newspapers run their own tv. logs.. phrases (as) easy as falling off a log<br />

see falling vbl n. fall like a. log fall in a helpless or stunned state. heave<br />

the log stream the log. throw the log use a log to ascertain a ship's<br />

speed. in the log (of wood). unhewn. king log see king n. lie like a log<br />

lie motionless lie in a. helpless or stunned state. log of claims see sense<br />

c above. patent log. see patent a. rough log see rough a. round log see<br />

round a. sail by the. log calculate a ship's position by the log. sleep like<br />

a log see sleep v.. stream the log throw the log see heave the log above..<br />

comb. logbasket a basket for holding logs by a fire logboard a hinged.<br />

pair of boards on which the particulars of a ship's log are noted for.<br />

transcription into the logbook log cabin (orig. us) (a)a cabin or small.<br />

house built of logs (b)a pattern in patchwork quilting etc. in which.<br />

pieces of material are arranged to give the effect of pieces of wood.<br />

formed into adjoining squares log canoe hollowed out of a single tree.<br />

logcock n. amer. pileated woodpecker log flume (a)a channel built to.<br />

convey water for transporting logs or timber (b) flume n. b loghead a.<br />

stupid person logheaded a. stupid dull obtuse loghouse (a)a house. etc.<br />

built of logs us hist. a prison (b) logcabin (b) above logline. a line of<br />

fathoms or more forming part of a log for ascertaining the. speed of a<br />

ship the kind of line used for this purpose logman (a)gen.. a person who<br />

carries logs (b)us local a person employed to cut and carry. logs to a<br />

mill logrunner any of various mainly australasian. grounddwelling<br />

songbirds of the family orthonychidae spec. (also called. chowchilla)<br />

either of two birds of the genus orthonyx which have. stiffened tail<br />

feathers log sheet a logbook in which the driver of a. commercial motor<br />

vehicle enters particulars of working and rest hours. logwork (a)the<br />

arrangement of logs in the walls of a house or other. building (b)the<br />

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