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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Logrolling  \Log"roll`ing\,  n. 
  1.  (Logging)  The  act  or  process  of  rolling  logs  from  the 
  place  where  they  were  felled  to  the  stream  which  floats 
  them  to  the  sawmill  or  to  market.  In  this  labor 
  neighboring  camps  of  loggers  combine  to  assist  each  other 
  in  turn.  --Longfellow.  [U.S.] 
 
  2.  Hence:  A  combining  to  assist  another  in  consideration  of 
  receiving  assistance  in  return;  --  sometimes  used  of  a 
  disreputable  mode  of  accomplishing  political  schemes  or 
  ends  [Cant,  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  logrolling 
  n  1:  act  of  exchanging  favors  for  mutual  gain;  especially  trading 
  of  influence  or  votes  among  legislators  to  gain  passage 
  of  certain  projects 
  2:  rotating  a  log  rapidly  in  the  water  (as  a  competitive  sport) 
  [syn:  {birling}] 




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