log : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance
  

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• (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead.

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• (Naut.), a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board.

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• noun a cabin built with logs
  

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• a cabin or house made of logs.

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• a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log. = dugout canoe

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• (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line.

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• verb enter a computer
  log on; log in.
  
  • Have you logged in lately?

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• noun a knotted cord that runs out from a reel to a piece of wood that is attached to it
  

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• (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d Log, n., 2.

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• verb exit a computer
  log off.
  
  • Please log off before you go home

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• verb enter a computer
  log on; log in.
  
  • Have you logged in lately?

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• verb exit a computer
  log off.
  
  • Please log off before you go home

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• (Zoöl.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (Percina caprodes); called also hogfish and rockfish.

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• (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.

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• . (Naut.) See Log board (above).

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• verb record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
  clock up.
  

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• verb be asleep
  catch some Z's; slumber; kip; sleep.
  

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Log"-chip` noun

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1. (Naut.) A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.

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• verb enter a computer
  log on; log in.
  
  • Have you logged in lately?

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Log"-ship noun

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1. (Naut.) A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.

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• noun a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants
  

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• noun a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
  screw log; patent log.
  

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• (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage.

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• noun log large enough to be sawed into boards
  saw log.
  

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• a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.

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• noun log large enough to be sawed into boards
  saw log.
  
• verb breathe noisily during one's sleep
  snore; saw wood.
  
  • she complained that her husband snores

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• noun a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
  screw log; patent log.
  

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• (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government.

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• noun a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
  screw log; patent log.
  

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• (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.
• . (Naut.) See Log.

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Wa"ter-logged adjective

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1. Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.

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• noun a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
  blog.
  
  • postings on a blog are usually in chronological order

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• a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony.

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• noun large log traditionally burned at Christmas
  

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