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Glisse skids. Freshly peeled skids up -which logs are slid instead of rolled 

 when being loaded. (X. F.) 

 Syn.: slip skids. 

 Glut, n. A wooden wedge used in tie making. (S. F.) 



Go-back road. A road upon which unloaded logging sleds can return to the 

 skidways for reloading without meeting the loaded sleds en route to the land- 

 ing. (N.F.) 



Syn.: short road. 



Go-devil. A small sled, without a tongue, often made from the natural fork of 

 a tree and used as an aid in skidding logs on stony or bare ground. (L. S,. 

 N. F.) 



Syn.: alligator, crazy dray (S. F.), crotch, travois (L. S., N. F.) 

 Gobi), n. See Sticker, 



Gooseneck, n. 1. A wooden bar used to couple two logging trucks. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: rooster (P. C.F.) 



2. The point of draft on a logging sled; it consists of a curved iron hook 

 bolted to the roll. (N. F.) 



Syn.: draw hook. 



3. A V-shaped pair of thills joining the forward and rear sets of runners of 

 ■ a logging sled. (N. W.) 



4. A curved iron driven into the bottom of a slide to check the speed of 

 descending logs. (App., E. M. F.) 



Syn.: scotch, sprag. (App.) 



5. See Yoke. 



Goosepen. A large hole burned in a standing tree. (P. C. F.) 



Gopher, n. 1. One who makes a hole under a load of logs so that the chains on 



a pair of logging wheels can be placed around it. (Cal.) 



2. In power logging, one who digs holes under the log so that a choker can 



be adjusted on it. (Cal.) 



Syn.: choker-hole digger, swamper. 

 Grab-driver. One who attaches coupling grabs to a turn of logs. (App.) 

 Grab hook. A hook having a narrow throat, adapted to grasp any link of a 



chain, (Gen.) 

 Grab link. See Slip grab. 

 Grabs, n. See Skidding tongs. 

 Grab setter. One who attaches the grabs when logs are transported on logging 



wheels. (S. F.) 

 Grab skipper. A short iron pry or hammer, used to remove the skidding tongs 



from a log, (App,, S, F,) 

 Grade, n. A term referring to the quality of lumber. (Gen.) 

 Grade, v. To assort lumber and classify it according to quality. (Gen.) 



Syn.: cull (E.G.), inspect, survey (N. F.). 

 Grader, n. One who inspects and classifies lumber according to the defects 



present. (Gen.) 



Syn.: culler (E.G.), scaler, inspector. 

 Grading rules. Specifications by which lumber is grouped according to qii:ilit\ 



(Gen.) 

 Grain, n. In wood, a term used with reference to the arrangement or direction 



of the wood elements and to the relative width of the growth rings. To have 



a specific meaning it must be qualified. (Gen.) 

 Grapples, n. 1. Two small iron dogs joined by a short chain and used to cniiple 



logs end to end when skidding on mountains, so that several logs may be 



skidded by one horse at the same time. (M. F.) 



Syn.: chain crrai)ples, coupling grab (P. C. F.). trail dogs (K. ^^. F.). 

 2, Sec Skidding tongs. 



