logroll
(verb) work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
logroll (third-person singular simple present logrolls, present participle logrolling, simple past and past participle logrolled)
(intransitive) To exchange political favours.
(transitive) To combine legislative items, either or both of which might fail on its own, into a single bill that is more likely to pass.
To roll a log in a body of water, while balancing on it; to birl.
To move like rolling logs.
(transitive) To safely move (a body) in an emergency (medical) situation, tilting them up, then laying them on a transport surface.
logroll (plural logrolls)
(emergency medicine) A method of moving a patient, rolling them onto their side, and later onto a transport method such as a tarp, spineboard, or stretcher.
Source: Wiktionary
Log"roll`, v. i. & t.
Definition: To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
