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logging

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log·ging

   [law-ging, log-ing]
noun
1.
the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
2.
Nautical. a deduction from the pay of a sailor, made as a fine or forfeit and recorded in the logbook of the ship.
Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; log1 + -ing1

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log

1   [lawg, log] noun, verb, logged, log·ging.
noun
1.
a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
2.
something inert, heavy, or not sentient.
3.
Nautical. any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship, as a chip log or patent log.
4.
any of various records, made in rough or finished form, concerning a trip made by a ship or aircraft and dealing with particulars of navigation, weather, engine performance, discipline, and other pertinent details; logbook.
5.
Movies. an account describing or denoting each shot as it is taken, written down during production and referred to in editing the film.
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6.
a register of the operation of a machine.
7.
Also called well log. a record kept during the drilling of a well, especially of the geological formations penetrated.
8.
Computers. any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc.
9.
Radio and Television. a written account of everything transmitted by a station or network.
10.
Also called log of wood. Australian Slang. a lazy, dull-witted person; fool.
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verb (used with object)
11.
to cut (trees) into logs: to log pine trees for fuel.
12.
to cut down the trees or timber on (land): We logged the entire area in a week.
13.
to enter in a log; compile; amass; keep a record of: to log a day's events.
14.
to make (a certain speed), as a ship or airplane: We are logging 18 knots.
15.
to travel for (a certain distance or a certain amount of time), according to the record of a log: We logged 30 miles the first day. He has logged 10,000 hours flying time.
verb (used without object)
16.
to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber: to log for a living.
Verb phrases
17.
log in,
a.
Also, log on, sign on. Computers. to enter identifying data, as a name or password, into a multiuser system, so as to be able to do work with the system.
b.
to enter or include any item of information or data in a record, account, etc.
18.
log off/out, Computers. to terminate a work session using a multiuser system, or a connection to such a system.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English logge, variant of lugge pole, limb of tree; compare obsolete logget pole; see lugsail, logbook

Related forms
log·gish, adjective
un·logged, adjective
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logging (ˈlɒɡɪŋ)
 
—n
the work of felling, trimming, and transporting timber

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Word Origin & History

log
"to enter into a log book," 1823, from logbook "daily record of a ship's speed, progress, etc." (1679), which is so called because wooden floats were used to measure a ship's speed. To log in in the computing sense is attested from 1963.
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Science Dictionary
log   (lôg)  Pronunciation Key 
A logarithm.
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Slang Dictionary

log definition


  1. in.
    to defecate. (See also dog-log.) : Bubba's in the crapper, logging.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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logging

process of harvesting trees, sawing them into appropriate lengths (bucking), and transporting them (skidding) to a sawmill. The different phases of this process vary with local conditions and technology.

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