Re:TheAshLad - Sandbooks

keeping of a log or logbook.log l n. a. m. abbrev. a n.. logarithm (freq.
used precedinga number or algebraic quantity the logarithm of. which is
to be indicated).m.loge natural logarithm (of). b adj.. logarithmic.
l.comb. special collocations loglog a. (of a graph or graph.
paper)having or using a logarithmic scale along both axes lognormal.
a.(statistics) such that the logarithm of the variate is
distributedaccording. a normal distribution lognormally adv. according
to alognormal. distribution log table a table of logarithms (usu. in
pl.).log l v.. infl. gg. e. f. log n. v.i. be like a log besluggish. only in e..
v.t. orig. bring (a tree) to the state of a logdeprive of branches. later cut.
(timber) into logs (chiefly n. amer.)clear (a region) of logs or trees
(also. foll. by off over up). l. bv.i. fell timber and cut the wood into
logs. cf.. earlier logging n. .orig. us. m. c v.t. foll. by up pile (logs
debris. etc.) together forfinal clearance by burning after an initial bush
burn has. taken place. nzcolloq. l. v.i. orig. (of water) lie heavily in a
ship.. later liemotionless like a log. m. v.t. mil. hist. inflict on (an.
offender) thepunishment of the log (log n. b). e. v.t. a orig. naut.. enter
(esp.the distance made by a ship) as information in a log or logbook.
gen.enter (information) in a regular record. also foll. by down up. e.
besp.. of a ship achieve or cover (a certain distance) travel at (acertain
speed).. also attain as a cumulative total of time distanceetc. which is
entered in. a regular record. l. c naut. fine. (from theentering of details
of offenders. and offences committed in a logbook.)l. v.t. lay out (a
road) with a layer. of logs. l. v.i. mining.make a log support for a
windlass. foll. by up.. austral. l. v.i. t.a foll. by in on go through the
procedure as. entering a password oridentification number at a terminal
which gives access. a computersystem gain access for (a person) by
logging in. (foll. by to.). m. bfoll. by off out go through the procedure
as entering a command at. aterminal which ends access to a computer
system end access for (aperson) by. logging off. m. h. d. thoreau only a
little spruce and hemlock beside had. been loggedhere. b c. l. skinner
they always went upstream to log and let. thecurrent bring down the
timber. t. woolner the logging. crocodiles'outrageous bulk. a n. h.
bishop logging with pleasure my day's run. atsixtyseven miles. d. caute
female cousinsneatly logged in elizabeth'saddress. book as aunt this
and aunt that. b listener the graf zeppelin wasthe first. aircraft to log
over a million miles. h. allen she logs aboutten knots in this.
breeze.comb. login logoff the action or an act of logging off.
logonlogout logoff above.log l v.t. i. chiefly dial. infl. gg.. e. origin
unkn.earlier as logan. rock move to and fro oscillate. chiefly. noemata.
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