. Shak.
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
Milton.
Syn. -- Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime;
proud; haughty. See Tall.
Log (?), n. [Heb. lg.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37
gills. W. H. Ward.
Log (?), n. [Icel. lg a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to
lie prostrate.] 1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by
hewing or sawing.
2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock, Dan. log, Sw.
logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion
through the water.
The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively
called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin
wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the
arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line
by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces,
called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a
minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as
to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept
by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is
shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are
improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed
astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means
of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to
prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together
like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the
wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night.
These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now
used instead. -- Log book, or Logbook (Naut.), a book in which is
entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log,
with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of
the log board. Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs. --
Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log. --
Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of
the log line. -- Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and
fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d Log,
n., 2. -- Log perch (Zoöl.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (Percina
caprodes); -- called also hogfish and rockfish. -- Log reel (Naut.),
the reel on which the log line is wound. -- Log slate. (Naut.) See Log
board (above). -- Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
cruise or voyage. -- Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log.
In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
officer of the government. -- To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the
log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a
vessel's speed by the log.
Log, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Logged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Logging (?).]
(Naut.), To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. J. F.
Cooper.
Log, v. i. 1. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs
for timber; to get out logs. [U.S.]