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Of or pertaining to theology, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise. -- The`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

Of or pertaining to toxicology. -- Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

A logging sled. [Northern U. S. & Canada]

The three " liberal" arts, grammar, logic, and rhetoric; -- being a triple way, as it were, to eloquence.

Characterized by tropes; varied by tropes; tropical. Burton. -- Trop`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

essel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.

at which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations.

l; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia. The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda on the three sides of the inner court. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2.

ike a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. "Vermiculate questions." Bacon. "Vermiculate logic." R. Choate.

A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.

awed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log.

Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.

Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: -

ith a smart blow. To whack away, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a log. [Colloq.]

The art of reasoning; logic. [R.]

een such rule In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule. Drayton. Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.