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"Flagman, n. One who transmits orders from the tonghooker to the steam skid- 



der leverman, (S. F.) 

 Flat grain (F. G.)- ^<"<'' Plain-sawed. 

 Flathead, ^ee Faller. 



Flitch, n. A thick piece of lumber with wane on one or both edges. (Gen.) 

 Float, V. See Drive. 

 Float road. A channel cleared in a swamp and used to float cypress logs from 



the woods to the boom at the river or mill. (S. F.) 

 Syn.: creek, driving road. 

 Flood, V. See Splash. 

 Flood dam. See Splash dam. 

 Floorer, ». A type of planer and matcher used to manufacture flooring. 



(P. C. F.) Sec Planer and matcher. 

 Flume, )i. A trougli in which water runs, used in transporting logs, lumber or 



timbers. (Gen.) 



Syn.: chute (E.G.), sluice, water slide, wet slide. 

 Flume, V. To transport logs, lumber, or timber by a flume. (Gen,) 



Syn.: sluice. 

 Flunky, n. 1. An assistant to the cook in a logging camp. (P. C. F.) 



2. Sec Cookee; Chore boy. 

 Flying drive. A drive, the main portion of which is put through with the 



utmost dispatch without stopping to pick the rear. (N. F.) 

 Flying machine. See Cableway skidder. 

 Fly road. See Tote road. 

 Fly rollway. A skidway or landing on a steep slope from which the logs are 



released at onc""e by removing the brace which holds them. (N. F.) 

 F. O. B. A shipping term, "free on board," which denotes that the price quoted 



includes loading on the car or vessel. (Gen.) 

 F. O. B. Cars, — cent rate. A trade term signifying that the price quoted in- 

 cludes the f. (). b. n)ill price plus a specified number of cents per 100 pounds 



freight charge on the net weight of the lumber. The shipper thereby limits 



his liability for freight charges. (Gen.) 

 F. O. R. A shipping term, "free on railway." (U. K.) 

 Fore-and-aft road. A skid road made of logs placed parallel to its direction, 



making tlie road resemble a chute. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: pole chute, stringer road. 

 F. O. T. A shipping term, "free on trucks," usually railway trucks. (U.K.) 

 Four paws. See Double couplers. 

 F. O. W. A marine shipping term, "first open water," referring to shipments 



tlirough ports wliich, duiing certain periods of the year, are closed by ice. 



('ontracta made f. o. w. while the port is closed are for shipment as soon as 



the water is sufficientlv free from ice to permit the resumption of boat service. 



(V.K.) 

 Free on board. Scr V. (). B. 

 Friction nigger. A long-to()tlie<l lever arm actuated by a friction device whidi 



is used to turn logs on a sawmill carriage. (Gen.) Sec Steam nigger. 

 Free alongside. Sec V. A. S. 

 Free on railway. See F. O. R. 

 Free on trucks. Sec F. O. T. 

 Froe, 71. 1. A steel blade, •> or 7 incli(>s long, with a wooden handle at right 



angles to the blade. It is used to rive sliakes and split staves from bolts. 



((ien.) 



2. An iron wedge used in s|)litting logs. (Gen.) 



3. A contemptuous term ap[>lied to a dull ax. (App.) 



