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backlog † 
n. a large log placed at the back of a wood fire to make it last.
See also: back junk
- 1829 When the party got to the place, there was a . . . blazing fire with a maple back log . . . .
- 1956 At what had been the door of the tent, a charred backlog was grown over with moss.
- 1829 When the party got to the place, there was a . . . blazing fire with a maple back log . . . .