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logrolling
  • n  act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects
  • n  rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
  • v  work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
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logwood
  • n  very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye
  • n  spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
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logwood tree
  • n  spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
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loin
  • n  a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
  • n  either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
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