or of some of its letters, which form other words; — thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat,
hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. B. Jonson.
Logomachist
(Lo*gom"a*chist) n. [See Logomachy.] One who contends about words.
Logomachy
(Lo*gom"a*chy) n. [Gr. lo`gos word + fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy.
L. Abbott. 2. A game of word making.
Logometric
(Log`o*met"ric) a. [Gr. lo`gos word, ratio + measure.] (Chem.) Serving to measure or
ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric. [R.]
Logos
(||Log"os) n. [NL., fr. Gr. the word or form which expresses a thought, also, the thought, fr. to
speak.]
1. A word; reason; speech. H. Bushell.
2. The divine Word; Christ.
Logothete
(Log"o*thete) [LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. lo`gos word, account + to put.] An accountant; under
Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.
Logotype
(Log"o*type) n. [Gr. lo`gos word + -type.] (Print.) A single type, containing two or more
letters; as, æ, Æ, &filig, &fllig, &ffllig, etc.; — called also ligature.
Logroll
(Log"roll`) v. i. & t. To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]
Logroller
(Log"roll`er) n. One who engages in logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]
The jobbers and logrollers will all be against it.
The. Nation. Logrolling
(Log"roll`ing), n.
1. (Logging) The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream
which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to
assist each other in turn. Longfellow. [U.S.]
2. Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; — sometimes
used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends. [Cant, U.S.]
Log-ship
(Log"-ship) n. (Naut.) A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.
Logwood
(Log"wood`) n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree a native
of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called hæmatoxylin, and
is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called
Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
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logy
(-lo*gy) [Gr. fr. lo`gos word, discourse, fr. to speak. See Logic.] A combining form denoting a
discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
