loggat

[A dim in. from log (1), s. (q. v.)] 1. A small log or piece of wood. 2. ( Pl .): The name of an old game, consisting in fixing a stake in the ground, and pitching small pieces of wood at it, the nearest thrown winning, It was declared unlawful by the 33d of Henry VIII ( Shakesp .: Hamlet , v. 1.) logged, pret. & pa. par. of v. [LODGE, v.] lõgged, a. [Eng. log; ed.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Fastened with logs. ( Amer .) 2. Naut.: The same as WATER-LOGGED (q. v.). log'-ger, s. & a . [Eng. log (1), s.; -er.] A. As subst .: A person employed to get logs or timber. ( U. S.) *B. As adj .: Stupid. (Cotton: Burlesque upon Burlesque .) log-ger-head, s . [Eng. logger , a., and head .] I. Ord . Lang .: A blockhead, a stupid fellow, a dolt. ( Shakesp .: Henry IV . , Pt . I. , ii. 4.) II. Technically : 1. Bot . ( pl .): Centaurea nigra . 2. Build .: A spherical ma of iron with a long handle used to melt tar. 3. Naut .: A runnel on the gunwale of a whaleboat, over which the line pa es as it is drawn out by the fish; a ballard. 4. Zool .: [LOGGERHEAD-TURTLE.] (1) To fall (come, or go) to loggerheads: To come to blows. ( L'Estrange.) (2) To be at loggerheads: To quarrel, to fight; to engage in a dispute. IMG:content-0688.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0689.png:[blocks in formation] Palazzo Della Loggia, Brescia. times at the height of one or more stories running along the front or part of the front of the building, and open on one side to the air, on which side is a series of pillars or slender piers; a belvedere. 2. A large ornamental window in the middle of the chief story of a building, often projecting from the wall. 3. An open balcony in a theater or concert-hall. log-ging (1), s. [LODGING.] *log'-ging (2), pr . par . & s. [LOG, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As subst.: The act of collecting or getting logs.