loggy, a.
(ˈlɒgɪ)
[f. log n. + -y.]
† 1. Of a crop: Of strong growth, rank. (Cf. loggery a.) Obs.
| 1620 Markham Farew. Husb. xvi. 141 A man may well mowe of good and deepe loggy medow, or of rough vneuen medow euery day one aker. 1635 ― Eng. Husbandman ii. ii. vii. 73 The Medow or Hay which comes thereof, is so ranke, loggy, and fulsome in taste, that [etc.]. |
2. Heavy; sluggish in movement. (Cf. logy a.)
| 1847 Illustr. Lond. News 28 Aug. 142/1 They were beat..by their slow, loggy stroke. 1886 Outing VIII. 58/1 They do very well sailing free but on the wind are loggy. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 18 Oct. 2/2 They seemed..‘loggy’ and slow to get going. 1966 H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy vii. 66 A fellow doing quite a bit of riding needs two or three horses at least, because riding one horse day after day makes the horse loggy and leg-weary. |
3. Abounding in logs.
| 1851 A. O. Hall Manhattaner 2 The sandy, boggy, loggy, grassy, and snaggy strips of land. |