Thesaurus: log

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1. n. A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
2. n. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
3. n. An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
4. n. 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.
5. n. 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.
6. n. A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
7. v. t. To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
8. v. i. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
9. v. i. To move to and fro; to rock.
10. n. a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
11. n. the exponent required to produce a given number
12. n. a written record of messages sent or received