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Coarse grain. As applied to the grain of lumber, that which has wide annual 

 rings. (Gen.) 



Coffee mill. See Corkscrew. 



Comb-grained. The best quality of quarter-sawed lumber, the growth rings of 

 which are nearly or quite at right angles to the face of the board. (Gen.) 

 tS'ec Quarter-sawed. 



Commissary, n. A general store for supplying lumbermen. (App., S. F.) See 

 Van. 



Common boards In southern, yellow pine, the term applied to four grades of 

 1-inch lumber of a quality inferior to finishing lumber. The widths run, by 

 even inches, from 8 to 12 inches. In Pacific Coast woods the widths range, by 

 even inches, from 4 to 12 inches. 



Common dimension. In southern yellow pine 2-ineh stock ranging, by even 

 inches, from 4 to 12 inches in width. In Pacific Coast lumber, 2-inch stock 

 ranging, by even inches, from 4 to 12 inches in width, and 3-inch stock rang- 

 ing, by even inches, from 6 to 12 inches in width. 

 8yn. : dimension. 



Compound wood. See Laminated wood. 



Concave saw. A circular saw, concave in form, which is vised to cut chair, 

 cooperage, and vehicle stock. (Gen.) 



Conk, )i. 1. The decay in the wood of trees caused by a fungus. (N. F., P. C. F.) 

 2. The visible fruiting organ of a tree fungus. (N. F., P. C. F.) 



Conky, a. Affected by conk. (N. F., P. C. F.) 



Connected truck. See Skeleton log car. 



Constantino inspection. See Constantine measure. 



Constant ine measure. A system of log measurement in the New York market 

 used in measuring square hewed foreign woods, chiefly mahogany and cedar 

 logs. From first-class hewed timber, there is deducted 2 inches width from 

 one face and 1 inch from the other face at right angles to it, this deduction 

 being made to straighten the log and to remove ax marks. The face measure- 

 ments are then used to compute the cubical contents of the log. If the log 

 is defective the contents are reduced one-half. 

 Syn.: Constantine inspection. 



Contramarque. See Bark mark. 



Converter poles. Small poles which are used in the refinement of copper. They 



are thrust into the molten metal and the resulting carbonization of the wood 



aids in the removal of impurities. (Gen.) 

 Cook camp. The building used as kitchen and dining room in a logging camp. 



(Gen.) 



Syn.: cook house, cook shanty. 

 Cookee, n. A cook's helper and dishwasher in a logging camp. (Gen.) See 



Flunky. 



Cook house. See Cook camp. 

 Cook shanty. See Cook camp. 

 Corduroy, v. To build a corduroy road. (Gen.) 



Corduroy road. A roadway having logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy 

 places. (Gen.) 



Corkscrew, n. A geared logging locomotive. (P. C. F.) 



Syn.: coffee mill (N. W.), stem winder, thousand legs (App.). 

 Comer, v. (Log.) In felling timber, to cut through the sapwood on all sides to 

 prevent the latter from splitting. (App.) 



(Turp.) In turpentine orcharding, to cut the two flat faces above the box. 

 (S.F.) 



