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log-heap Hist. 
n. a great pile of logs for burning when clearing land, as at a logging bee.
See also: logging bee
- 1822 If, in making the clearance the top and under brush only, were burnt in the field and the heavy timber was cut into cordwood, or split for rails, instead of being burnt in large log-heaps, in one universal conflagration . . . several generations must appear and disappear before any serious inconvenience could arise from want of fuel.
- 1852 (1923) The Devil sat on a log heap, A Log heap, a log heap--A red hot burning log heap--A-grinning at the bee.
- 1933 In new settlements during July the whole countryside was illuminated by the burning of log heaps.
- 1822 If, in making the clearance the top and under brush only, were burnt in the field and the heavy timber was cut into cordwood, or split for rails, instead of being burnt in large log-heaps, in one universal conflagration . . . several generations must appear and disappear before any serious inconvenience could arise from want of fuel.