LOG-LINE
\lˈɒɡlˈa͡ɪn], \lˈɒɡlˈaɪn], \l_ˈɒ_ɡ_l_ˈaɪ_n]\
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A small line, about a hundred fathoms long, divided into sections of forty-two feet (properly forty-seven feet four inches), called knots, and fastened to the logship. Its use is to estimate the rate of a vessel sailing, by observing how many divisions, or knots, run out in a given time after the log-ship has been thrown over, and about fifteen fathoms have run out.
By Henry Percy Smith
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