logging off

[lawg, log] Origin

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.

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Logging off is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
verb (used without object)
16.
to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber: to log for a living.
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

log·gish, adjective
un·logged, adjective
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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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