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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A torpedo-shaped instrument with rotary fins that is dragged from the stern of a vessel to measure the speed or distance traveled.
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- noun nautical A
taffrail log
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- noun a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
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