dial. [app. a word invented as expressing by its sound the notion of something heavy and clumsy. Cf. LOG sb.1 Although of late appearance in quots. it is prob. the source of LOGGERHEAD, LOGGERY.] a. A heavy block of wood fastened to the leg of a horse to prevent it straying (1777 in Eng. Dial. Dict.). b. Lumps of dirt on a ploughboy’s feet (Wiltsh. Gloss., 1893). c. ‘Meat which is sinewy, skinny, lumpy, “chunky,” or not worth cooking’ (Warwicksh. Gloss., 1896).
