Talk:logy

Apparent missing sense: adjective and noun

Kipling's Captains Courageous (1897) [1] uses the adjective and noun logy to describe a fish (apparently meaning a big one?):

• Suddenly the line flashed through his hand, stinging even through the "nippers," the woolen circlets supposed to protect it. "He's a logy. Give him room accordin' to his strength," cried Dan. "I'll help ye."
• The fish are runnin' smaller an' smaller, an' you've took 'baout as logy a halibut's we're apt to find this trip.

Equinox ◑ 12:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC)