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Dog board. Sec Backing board. 

 Dog boat. See Eigging sled. 



Dogger, n. (Log.) One who attaches the dogs or hooks to a log before it is 

 steam skidded. (S. F.,P. C. F.) 



(Lum.) One who rides on a sawmill carriage and handles a lever which 

 operates the "dogs" that hold the log. The dogger on the forward end of the 

 carriage is sometimes called the "head-end dogger," and the one on the rear 

 end, the "rear-end dogger." (Gen.) 

 Syn. : carriage rider. 

 Dogging jaws. See Log dog. 

 Dog hook, 1. The hook on the end of a dogwarp. (N. F.) 



2. In yarding with a line horse, a hook on the end of a haul-up chain of a 

 size to permit its being hooked into a link of the chain when the latter is 

 looped around a log or other object. (P. C. F.) 

 Dog room. The lounging room in a logging camp. (N. W.) 

 Dogs, n. See Skidding tongs. 

 Dog seat. See Deacon seat. 



Dogwarp, n. A rope with a strong hook on the end which is used in breaking 

 dangerous jams on falls and rapids and in moving logs from other difficult 

 positions. (N. F.) 



Syn.: hand dog (N. F.), hand grab (E.G.). 

 Dog wedge. An iron wedge, with a ring in the butt, which is driven into the 

 end of a log. A chain is hitched into the ring for skidding logs by horse-power. 

 When used in gathering up logs on a drive a rope is run through several 

 rings; in this way a number of logs may be pulled to the channel at one time 

 across marshes or partially submerged meadows. (N. F.) 

 Dolbeer. See Spool donkey. 



Dolly, n. 1. (Lum.) A roller set in a square frame on which timbers are placed 

 when they are to be moved by hand from one place to another. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: timber roller. 

 2. See Lumber buggy. 



(Log.) See Fairleader; Load roller; Bummer. 

 Dollyway, n. An elevated tramway which runs from the sawmill to the drying 

 yard and over which lumber is transported. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: dock. 



Dolphin, «. A cluster of piles to which a boom is secured. (P. C. F.) 



Donkey, n. A portable steam engine, equipped with drum and cable, used in 



steam logging. See Half-breed; Roader; Spool donkev; Yarding donkev. 



(P. C.F.) 

 Donkey doctor. In a logging camp, one who repairs donkey engines. (P. C. F.) 

 Donkey logging. Yarding on the ground with a donkey engine, as contraste<l 



with animal logging, or other power Jogging methods. (P. C.F.) 

 Donkey sled., The heavy sled-like frame upon which a donkev engine is 



fastened. (P. C.F.) 

 Dote, n. The general term used bv lumbermen to denote deeav or rot in timber. 



(Gen.) 

 Doty, a. Decayed. (Gen.) 



Syn.: dozy. 

 Double circular mill. See Top saw. 

 Double couplers. Two coupling grabs joined by a short eal)k', used for fastening 



logs together. (P. C. F., App.) 

 Syn.: four paws. 

 Double-cutting band saw. A saw which is toothed on both edges and is designed 



to saw (111 li(jih tlie foiward and rear travel of tiie carriage. (Gon.) 

 Double dray. s<<- .Iimilxi. 



