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screw log

DEFINITIONS OF: screw log

1

n a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed

Synonyms:
patent log, taffrail log
Type of:
log
measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
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