I. ˈlȯg, ˈläg noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English logge
Date: 14th century
1. : a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree ; especially : a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long
2. : an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a reel
3.
a. : the record of the rate of a ship's speed or of her daily progress ; also : the full nautical record of a ship's voyage
b. : the full record of a flight by an aircraft
4. : a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities
a computer log
II. verb
( logged ; log·ging )
Date: 1699
transitive verb
1.
a. : to cut (trees) for lumber
b. : to clear (land) of trees in lumbering — often used with off
2. : to make a note or record of : enter details of or about in a log
3.
a. : to move (an indicated distance) or attain (an indicated speed) as noted in a log
b.
(1) : to sail a ship or fly an airplane for (an indicated distance or period of time)
(2) : to have (an indicated record) to one's credit : achieve
intransitive verb
: lumber III,1
III. noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: by shortening
Date: 1631
: logarithm
IV. abbreviation
logic