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Log

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

log on log in

To establish communication with a host computer from a terminal or remote computer.

Log-chip

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.

Log-ship

A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.

Logan

A rocking or balanced stone.

Logania

The type genus of the Loganiaceae; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers.

Logaoedic

Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.

Logarithm

One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

Loge

A lodge; a habitation.

Loggat

A small log or piece of wood.

Logged

Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged.

Logger

One engaged in logging. See Log, v. i.

Loggia

A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.

Logging

The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.

Logic

The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; the science of correct reasoning.

Logical

Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.

Logically

In a logical manner; as, to argue logically.

Logistics

That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.

Logogram

A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Logographer

A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.

Logography

A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.

Logogriph

A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.

Logomachy

Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.

Logometric

Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.

Logos

A word; reason; speech.

Logotype

A single type, containing two or more letters; as, /, \/, /, /, /, /, etc.; -- called also ligature.

Logroll

To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.

Logrolling

The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.

Logwood

The heartwood of a tree (H/matoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h/matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.

Logy

Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse; feeling logy.

Loimic

Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.

Loin

That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.

loincloth

A cloth covering for the loins, worn around the hips; -- sometimes worn in tropical areas as the only article of clothing.

Loir

A large European dormouse (Myoxus glis).

Loire

a French river which flows into the North Atlantic.

Loiseleuria

A genus of plants having only one species, the alpine azalea.

Loiter

To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

Lokao

A green vegetable dye imported from China.

Loke

A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.

Loki Lok

The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the Ahriman of the Persians.

Loligo

A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.

Lolium

A genus of plants including the darnel and ryegrass.

Loll

To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.

Lollard

One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. One of the followers of Wyclif in England.

Lollipop

A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.

Lollop

To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.

loma

A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.

lomatia

any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers.

Lombard

A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

Lombardic

Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.

Loment

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

Lomentaceous

Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.

Lonchocarpus

A genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.

London

The capital city of England.

Londoner

A native or inhabitant of London.

Londonism

A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

Londonize

To imitate the manner of the people of London.

Lone

Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.

Lone-Star State

Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic.

Loneliness

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

Lonely

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Lonesome

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

Long

To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.

Long primer

A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.

long-acting

active over a relatively long period of time.

Long-armed

Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.

Long-breathed

Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

long-dated

of a gilt-edged security: having more than 15 years to run before redemption.

long-distance

covering long distances; as, a long-distance runner; a long-distance telephone call.

long-drawn-out

relatively long in duration; as, a long-drawn-out visit from my mother-in-law.

long-familiar

frequently seen or experienced; as, a long-familiar face.

Long-horned

Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antenn/, as certain beetles (Longicornia).

long-lasting

Existing or persisting for a long time; as, a long-lasting friendship.

Long-lived

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a long-lived family; long-lived prejudices.

long-playing

playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records; -- used of phonograph records.

long-range

involving an extended span of time; -- of plans, goals, or predictions; as, long-range goals; a long-range weather forecast.

long-run

relating to or extending over a relatively long time; as, the long-run significance of the elections.

Long-sighted

Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.

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