LOG LINE
\lˈɒɡ lˈa͡ɪn], \lˈɒɡ lˈaɪn], \l_ˈɒ_ɡ l_ˈaɪ_n]\
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The line which is thrown over the stern of a ship with the float or log attached, for the purpose of measuring the rate at which she is proceeding, and which is marked into divisions of the 120th part of a mile each by knots.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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