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<h1>Loggia</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Log"gia</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. See <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A roofed open gallery. It differs from a <i>veranda</i> in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a <i>porch</i>, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.</def>

<h1>Logging</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Log"ging</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.</def>

<h1>Logic</h1> <Xpage=865>

<hw>Log"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>logike</ets>, F. <ets>logi</ets>q<ets>ue</ets>, L. <ets>logica</ets>, <ets>logice</ets>, Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/), fr. <?/ belonging to speaking or reason, fr. <?/ speech, reason, <?/ to say, speak. See <er>Legend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.</def>

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<blockquote><b>Logic</b> is science of the laws of thought, as that is, of the necessary conditions to which thought, considered in itself, is subject. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Logic</i> is distinguished as <i>pure</i> and <i>applied</i>. " <i>Pure logic</i> is a science of the form, or of the formal laws, of thinking, and not of the matter. <i>Applied logic</i> teaches the application of the forms of thinking to those objects about which men do think. "</note>

<i>Abp. Thomson. </i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A treatise on logic; <as>as, Mill's <ex>Logic</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Logical</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logique</ets>, L. <ets>logicus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; <as>as, <ex>logical</ex> subtilties</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>According to the rules of logic; <as>as, a <ex>logical</ex> argument or inference; the reasoning is <ex>logical</ex>.</as></def>

<i>Prior.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; <as>as, he is a <ex>logical</ex> thinker</as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Logicality</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log`i*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Logicalness.</def>

<h1>Logically</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a logical manner; <as>as, to argue <ex>logically</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Logicalness</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Log"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being logical.</def>

<h1>Logician</h1> <Xpage=866>

<hw>Lo*gi"cian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>logicien</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person skilled in logic.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>Each fierce <b>logician</b> still expelling Locke. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

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