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log ((v.)) 
1 v. Hist. in clearing land, remove trees by felling, cutting into lengths, and piling ready for burning, splitting, etc.
See also: logging (def. 1a and note) logging bee log up (def. 1)
- 1829 . . . when the large wood is hewn down and logged, that is, cut into lengths and laid round these stacks in a rude pile, the fire can more readily be applied to them.
- 1832 (1838) After the trees have been chopped, cut into lengths, drawn together, or logged, as we call it, and burned, the field must be fenced, the seed sown, harvested, and thrashed before any returns can be obtained.
- 1963 . . . some men were known to log several acres a year entirely alone--without even oxen.
2 v. Lumbering (often with off) remove timber for commercial use.
See also: cut over lumber ((v.)) (def. 1) logged-off
- 1919 As fast as the land is logged off it is open for soldier entry. There is room here for five hundred families.
- 1928 ". . . what is being logged there will just about take care of things. If I'm going to cash in on any money it means opening the Black River tract."
- 1928 He had resolved only to log off enough to make his reforestation project pay for itself. . . .
- 1964 . . . a logging road leading into the valley, whose upper part isn't logged, eventually should lead to access from the Aloutette recreation and campsite area, just south.
- 1829 . . . when the large wood is hewn down and logged, that is, cut into lengths and laid round these stacks in a rude pile, the fire can more readily be applied to them.