单词 | to log up |
释义 | > as lemmasto log up e. to log up (see quots. 1889, 1905). So logging-up n. New Zealand colloquial. ΚΠ 1889 Colonia 1 i. 26 ‘Logging-up’ is generally done in the autumn, when there are strong gales of wind blowing. The bush which has been felled in the winter, is set fire to, and after a day or two when the ground is sufficiently cool for walking on, the still-burning logs are rolled together and piled up with rubbish, so that they may be burnt clean away. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xv. 232 When the burning is badly done the seed cannot be properly sown; the rubbish lies thick over the ground and the whole has to be gone over again and ‘logged-up’, else the land is thrown temporarily out of use..while the owner waits for the remaining rubbish to decay. 1905 J. M. Thomson Bush Boys N.Z. ii. 32 These [big unburned trees] are ‘logged-up’ afterwards, that is rolled together and piled round the stumps, so as to dry thoroughly preparatory to ‘firing’ them again. 1908 B. E. Baughan Shingle-short 84 [Trees] logged up for burning. to log up 7. Australian Mining. to log up: To make a log support for the windlass. ΚΠ 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. v. 132 We..had logged up and made a start with another shaft. < as lemmas |
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