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An iron club used in lofting the ball; -- called also lofting iron.

In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.

The state or quality of being lofty.

Same as Lofter.

Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope.

or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.

A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.

A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.

A rocking or balanced stone. Gwill.

Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.

One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

See Logarithmic.

Logarithmically.

Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. Logarithmic curve (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coördinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. -- Logarithmic spiral, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equa…

By the use of logarithms.

The pileated woodpecker.

A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Logan.

A small log or piece of wood. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

See Lodge. [Obs.] Chaucer.