FORKST TERMINOLOGY 13 



Syn.: lobby hog (App.), shauty boss, swamper (X. W.), buck, bull cook, 



flunky, greaser. 

 Christiana standard. A European lumber measurement based on a piece 1^4 



inches by 9 inches in cross section by 11 feet in length, equal to 10 5/16 feet 



board measure. One hundred and twenty (120) standards are known as a 



Christiana standard hundred, equal to l,237i/^ feet board measure. 



iS'ee Drammen standard, London standard, Quebec standard, St. Petersburg 



standard. 

 Christiana standard hundred. See Christiana standard. 

 Chuck up, to. See Chunk up, to. 

 Chuck, V. To clear the ground, with engine or horses, of obstructions which can 



not be removed by hand. (P. C. F.) 

 Chuck bucker. One who, in advance of felling, bucks up merchantable wind- 

 falls and also other down timber which may interfere with yarding. (P. C. F.) 

 Chunk up, to. 1. To collect and pile for burning the slash left after logging. 



(N. W., L. S.) 

 2. In burning brush, to throw onto the fire the unburned pieces around the 



edge of the pile. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: chuck up, to. 

 Churn butted. See Swell butted. 

 Chute, n. A trough built of round timber in which logs are transported up or 



down a grade, either by animal power or by gravity. (E. C, P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: slide, flume. 

 Chute boat. See Eigging sled. 

 Chute grease. A heavy oil applied to skids to lessen the friction of logs 



dragged over them. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: skid grease. 

 Chute greaser. See Greaser. 

 Cinch line. See Swifter. 

 Circular gang mill. A machine having a battery of circular saws, from 22 



inches to 26 inches in diameter, all of which are fitted to the same shaft. 



They are usually spaced to cut 1-inch flooring strips from 4-inch or 6-incb 



cants. Those saws are sometimes mounted on one end of the edger arbor. 



(Gen.) 

 Circular saw. A circular plate having cutting teeth on the circumference. 



(Gen.) See Solid-tooth circular saw. 

 Syn.: rotary saw. 



Circular sawmill. 1. A sawmill that has a circular head saw. (Gen.) 



2. The mechanism which drives a circular head saw. (Gen.) 

 Clamp, n. In fluming lumber, a short iron bar with recurved ends which is used 



to bind several boards together into a bundle. (Cal.) 

 Clapboard, n. A quarter-sawed board, either 4 or 6 inches wide and 4 or <) feet 



long, which tapers to a thin point on one edge. It is used to cover the sides 



of buildings. (N. F.) See Bevel siding; Lap siding. 

 Cleaner. Sc- Raker. 

 Clean-up man. One who cleans up the refuse in a sawmill or planiiii: mill. 



(f ;.'».) 



Clear lumber. Taunber practically free from all defects. (Gen.) 



Clip, V. Scr Trim. 



Clipped board. A board whii'h has been trimmod squitre mi the end. (Ivtst'Tn 



markets.) 

 Clipperman, ». One who operates a shingle machine. (P. C. F.) 

 Club spoke. A partially completed spoke without a tenon or finish. (Gen.) 

 Coal ofl", to. To cut a forest clean for ch.ircoal wood. (X. F."* 



