LOG


Meaning of LOG in English

noun a hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

2. log ·vi to move to and fro; to rock.

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

4. log ·noun a bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

5. log ·noun an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.

6. log ·vi to engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.

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

8. 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.

9. 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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