Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backlog"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backlog \Back"log`\, n. [Back, a. + log.]
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the
hearth. [U.S.]
There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and
twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded
in the ashes. --S. G.
Goodrich.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
backlog
n 1: an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed
that are yet to be dealt with; "a large backlog of
orders"
2: large log at the back of a hearth fire [syn: {log}]
3: something kept back or saved for future use or a special
purpose [syn: {reserve}, {stockpile}]
v : accumulate and create a backlog
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.