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desynonymize (iou) and log(1) (iou)


desynonymize (iou)



desynonymize verb. Also desynonymise. E19.
[from DE- 3 + SYNONYM + -IZE.]
verb trans. End the synonymy of, differentiate in meaning (synonymous words). E19.
verb intrans. Cease to be synonymous. M19.
desynonymi'zation noun M19.

log(1) (iou)



log noun1. ME.
[Origin unkn.]
I.
A bulky mass of wood; esp. an unhewn portion of a felled tree, or a length cut off for use as firewood. ME.
D. L. Sayers He walked up to the fire and kicked the logs moodily. P. Gallico He..pulled her down between two logs of fallen trees.
b. Surfing. A large or heavy surfboard. M20.
a. A heavy piece of wood, fastened to the leg of a person or an animal to impede movement. L16.
Dickens Here I am tied like a log to you.
b. Military History. A form of punishment whereby a heavy weight was chained to an offender's leg to be dragged or carried around as the person moved. M19.
A piece of quarried slate before it is split into layers. E18.
Times Collyweston slate is..produced by the action of frost on the stone logs.
In pl. A jail, a lock-up. Austral. slang. L19.
R. Boldrewood Ten minutes in the logs.
II.
An apparatus for ascertaining the speed of a ship, consisting of a float attached to a line wound on a reel. Also, any Other apparatus for the same purpose. L16.
F. Chichester An old-fashioned log, which worked by timing the run-out of a given length of line.
a. A book containing a detailed daily record of a ship's voyage; a logbook. E19.
Yachting World In theory, a navigator keeps everything in his log.
b. A systematic record of things done, found, experienced, etc., as (a) a record of discoveries or variations at successive depths in drilling a well; a graph or chart displaying this information; (b) a record with details of journeys kept by a lorry driver; (c) a record of what is broadcast by a Radio or Television station; (d) Computing a sequential file of the transactions on a database. E20.
K. G. Fenelon A daily log..showing the Nature of the work performed. National Observer (US) Newspapers run their own TV logs.
c. A list or summary of claims for a wage increase etc. Freq. more fully log of claims. Austral. E20.
Phrases: (as) easy as falling off a log: see FALLING verbal noun. fall like a log fall in a helpless or stunned state. heave the log, stream the log, throw the log use a log to ascertain a ship's speed. in the log (of wood) unhewn. King Log: see KING noun. lie like a log lie motionless, lie in a helpless or stunned state. log of claims: see sense 6c above. patent log: see PATENT adjective. rough log: see ROUGH adjective. round log: see ROUND adjective. sail by the log calculate a ship's position by the log. sleep like a log: see SLEEP verb. stream the log, throw the log: see heave the log above.
Comb.: log-basket a basket for holding logs by a fire; log-board a hinged pair of boards on which the particulars of a ship's log are noted for transcription into the logbook; log cabin (orig. US) (a) a cabin or small house built of logs; (b) a pattern in patchwork, quilting, etc., in which pieces of material are arranged to give the effect of pieces of wood formed into adjoining squares; log canoe: hollowed out of a single tree; log-cock N. Amer. = PILEATED woodpecker; log flume (a) a channel built to convey water for transporting logs or timber; (b) = FLUME noun 2b; loghead a stupid person; logheaded adjective stupid, dull, obtuse; log-house (a) a house etc. built of logs; US History a prison; (b) = log-cabin (b) above; log-line a line of 100 fathoms or more forming part of a log for ascertaining the speed of a ship; the kind of line used for this purpose; log-man (a) gen. a person who carries logs; (b) US local a person employed to cut and carry logs to a mill; logrunner any of various mainly Australasian ground-dwelling songbirds of the family Orthonychidae; spec. (also called chowchilla) either of two birds of the genus Orthonyx, which have stiffened tail feathers; log sheet a logbook in which the driver of a commercial motor vehicle enters particulars of working and rest hours; log-work (a) the arrangement of logs in the walls of a house or Other building; (b) the keeping of a log or logbook.