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Corner binds. Four stout chains used on logging sleds to bind the two outside 

 loifs of the lower tier to the bunks and thus give a firm bottom to the load 

 (N.F.) 



Corner man. In building a log camp, one who notches the logs so that they will 

 fit closely and make a square corner. (N. F.) 



C. I. F. A marine shipping term, "cost, insurance, and freight," meaning that 

 the seller delivers the goods to the carrier and agrees to pa_v all charges to 

 bill-of -lading destination. On delivery, to buyer, of bill-of -lading with insur- 

 ance policy attached the seller's responsibility ceases. 



C. I. F. E. Cost, insurance, freight, exchange. (Gen.) 



</OUpling grab. See Grapples. 



Course, n. A single layer of boards in a pile of lumber. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : round. 



Cove siding. Sec Drop siding. 



Cover up logs, to. To fell trees on top of those already cut. (X. F.) 



Crab, n. See Headworks. 



Cradle, n. A framework of timbers in which ocean-going log rafts are built. 

 (P. C. F.) 



Cradle knolls. 1. Small knolls which require grading in the construction of 

 logging roads. (N. W., L. S.) 



2. Small knolls which must be avoided in pointing a tree for felling. 

 (P. C. F.) 



Crazy chain. The short chain used to hold up that tongue of a sprinkler sled 

 which is not in use. (N. F.) 



'Crazy dray. See Go-devil. 



■Creek. Sec Float road. 



Crib, II. 1. Specifically, a raft of logs; loosely applied to a boom of logs. (N.F.) 



2. Sec Buttress. 



3. One of the supports under a logging bridge, flume, or railroad built of 

 round logs laid crib fashion. (Gen.) 



Crib dam. A dam built with cribs of logs, filled with stones, and planked on 



tlio up-stream face. (Gen.) 

 •Crib logs, to. To surround floating logs with a boom and draw them by a wind- 

 lass on a raft (a crab), or to tow them with a steamboat. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Crop, II. In turpentine orcharding a working unit comprising the number of 



cups or boxes worked by a chipper. A crop may consist of any number of 



cups or boxes, ranging from 6,000 to 10,500. (S. F.) 

 Cross chains. Chains connecting the front and rear sleds of a logging sled. 



(N.F.) 



Syn.: lead chains. (N. W.) 

 Cross-cut, V. To cut a board or timber at right angles to the general direction 



of the fibres. (Gen.) 

 Cross-cut saw. A saw which cuts the wood fibres on the cross section. (Gen.) 

 Cross-cutter. See Bueker. 

 Cross grain. As applied to the grain of lumber, a piece in which the wood 



('Icments interweave and are not constant in any one direction. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: spiral grain. 

 Cross haul. The cleared space in which a team moves in cross hauling. (N. F.) 



2. Sec (.'rotch chain. 

 Cross havQ, to. To load cars or sleds with logs by horsepower and crotch or 



loading chains. (Gen.) 

 Crotch, II. Sec Go-devil. 

 •Crotch, r. To cut notches on opposite sides of ;i log near the end. into whi-b 



dogs are fastened. (P. C. F.) 



