▪ I. logie1 Sc.
(ˈlogɪ)
[Of unknown origin.]
The open space before a kiln fire; = killogie.
| a 1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 215 The kill-ribs brake, and down he goes with a vengeance into the logie. a 1806 Yetts of Gowrie xi. in Child Ballads IV. 175/2 He's sleeping in yon logie. 1824 MacTaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Logie, a fire in a snug place; a snug place for a fire. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 143 Mak a kiln o't and creep in at the logie. 1882 J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 234 Dirt⁓choked its loggie Nae longer reeks. |
▪ II. logie2 Theatr.
(ˈləʊgɪ)
[Said to be named from David Logie, the inventor (Barrère & Leland).]
An ornament made of zinc, intended to give the effect of jewellery.
| 1860 Cornh. Mag. II. 239 note, Bits of looking glass, not convex, but cut in facets inwards, like the theatrical ornament cast in zinc, and called a ‘logie’. 1883 Sala Living Lond. 483 The plastering of girdles with zinc ‘logies’. |