Log

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

II. Log ·vi To move to and fro; to Rock.

III. Log ·vt To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.

IV. Log ·noun A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

V. Log ·noun An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.

VI. Log ·vi To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.

VII. Log ·noun A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

VIII. Log ·noun Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.

IX. Log ·noun A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.

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