What does heave the log mean?

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heave the log

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

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heaves the log (present, singular) heaving the log (participle, present) heaved the log (participle, past) heaved the log (past)

What does heave the log mean?: To determine the speed of a ship by logline and glass.

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