JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Vol. XVI JANUARY, 1918 No. 1 



FOREST TERMINOLOGY new \ou 



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Terms UsKD in the; Lumber Industry ua*/!" i"- 



Prepared by a Committee of the Society of American Foresters 



[Letters in parentheses following definitions indicate the forest region in which the 

 terms as defined are used.] 



(Gen.) = General ^ In all forest regions of the United States. 



(C. H. F.) = Central Hardwood Forest. 



(App.) = Appalachian Forests. 



(L. S.) =Lake States Forests. 



(N. W.) = North Woods. 



(R. M. F.) = Rocky Mountain Forests. 



(Cal.) = California Forests. 



(E.G.) = Eastern Canada Forests. 



(N. F.) = Northern Forests. 



(S. F.) = Southern Forests. 



(P. C. F.) =: Pacific Coast Forests. 



(Log.) = Logging. 



(Lum.) = Lumbering. 



(Turp.) = Turpentine Orcharding. 



(U. K.) = United Kingdom. 



Acid wood. "Wood suitable for the manufacture of wood alcohol and other pro- 

 ducts of distillation, (N, F., App.) 



Aerial line. See Skyline. 



Aerial skidder. See Cableway skidder. 



Air-dried lumber. Lumber which has been seasoned in the open air as con- 

 trasted to tliat seasoned in a dry kiln, (Gen.) 



Alder grab. The stem of an alder, or other small tree, which is bent over and 

 plugged into a hole bored in a boom stick or secured in some other way to 

 hold a boom or logs inshore. (N. F.) 



Alley. Sec Dingle. 



Alligator, n. 1. A boat used in handling floating logs. It can be movetl over- 

 land from one body of water to another by its own power, usually applied 

 through drum and cable. (N. W., L. S.) 

 2. Sec Go-devil. 



Anchor line, A lino attached to a small buoy and to one fluke of an anchor used 

 in towing a raft of logs. It is employed to free the anchor when fast to rocks 

 or snags. (N, F.) 



Angle bar, A steel plate witli ;i ilange base, having from four to six holes 

 through which bolts may be inserted. Two angle bars are used to hold steel 

 rails together at the joints, one angle bar being placed against each side of the 

 web and hotii bolted to it. (d'eii.) 



