Re:TheAshLad - Sandbooks

keeping of a log or logbook.. log l n. a. m. abbrev. a n. logarithm (freq.
used preceding. a number or algebraic quantity the logarithm of which
is to be indicated).. m.. loge natural logarithm (of).. b adj. logarithmic.
l.. comb. special collocations loglog a. (of a graph or graph paper).
having or using a logarithmic scale along both axes lognormal a..
(statistics) such that the logarithm of the variate is distributed.
according to a normal distribution lognormally adv. according to a.
lognormal distribution log table a table of logarithms (usu. in pl.).. log l
v. infl. gg. e. f. log n. v.i. be like a log be. sluggish. only in e. v.t. orig.
bring (a tree) to the state of a log. deprive of branches. later cut (timber)
into logs (chiefly n. amer.). clear (a region) of logs or trees (also foll. by
off over up). l. b. v.i. fell timber and cut the wood into logs. cf. earlier
logging n. .. orig. us. m. c v.t. foll. by up pile (logs debris etc.) together
for. final clearance by burning after an initial bush burn has taken place.
nz. colloq. l. v.i. orig. (of water) lie heavily in a ship. later lie.
motionless like a log. m. v.t. mil. hist. inflict on (an offender) the.
punishment of the log (log n. b). e. v.t. a orig. naut. enter (esp.. the
distance made by a ship) as information in a log or logbook gen.. enter
(information) in a regular record. also foll. by down up. e. b. esp. of a
ship achieve or cover (a certain distance) travel at (a. certain speed).
also attain as a cumulative total of time distance. etc. which is entered
in a regular record. l. c naut. fine. (from the. entering of details of
offenders and offences committed in a logbook.). l. v.t. lay out (a road)
with a layer of logs. l. v.i. mining.. make a log support for a windlass.
foll. by up. austral. l. v.i. t.. a foll. by in on go through the procedure as
entering a password or. identification number at a terminal which gives
access to a computer. system gain access for (a person) by logging in.
(foll. by to.) m. b. foll. by off out go through the procedure as entering a
command at a. terminal which ends access to a computer system end
access for (a. person) by logging off. m.. h. d. thoreau only a little
spruce and hemlock beside had been logged. here. b c. l. skinner they
always went upstream to log and let the. current bring down the timber.
t. woolner the logging crocodiles'. outrageous bulk. a n. h. bishop
logging with pleasure my day's run at. sixtyseven miles. d. caute
female cousinsneatly logged in elizabeth's. address book as aunt this
and aunt that. b listener the graf zeppelin was. the first aircraft to log
over a million miles. h. allen she logs about. ten knots in this breeze..
comb. login logoff the action or an act of logging off logon. logout
logoff above.. log l v.t. i. chiefly dial. infl. gg. e. origin unkn.. earlier as
logan. rock move to and fro oscillate. chiefly as logging. ppl a..
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