a. U.S. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Du. log heavy, dull.] Dull and heavy in motion or thought.
1859. Bartlett, Dict. Americanisms, Logy, heavy, slow, stupid…. He’s a logy man, i. e. a slow-moving, heavy man. ‘He is a logy preacher,’ i. e. dull.
1883. J. D. Jerrold Kelly, in Harper’s Mag., Aug., 452/2. That outside ballast was a hinderance, and made boats logy.
1887. Detroit Free Press, 17 April, 7/2. He [Barnum] is heavier, and a trifle logy.
1890. in Leffingwell, Shooting on Upland, Marsh, & Stream, 459. They [greyhounds] became ‘logy’ and out of heart.
b. Used as sb.: A heavy fish.
1897. R. Kipling, Captains Courageous, 61. ‘He’s a logy. Give him room accordin’ to his strength,’ cried Dan. ‘I’ll help ye.’ ‘No, you won’t,’ Harvey snapped, as he hung on to the line. ‘It’s my first fish.’
