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Lath bundler. One who ties laths into bundles. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: tie man. 



Lath mill. 1. A mill jn which laths are manufactured. 



2. A machine having several small circular saws which cut bolted lath 

 material into laths. (Gen.) 



Lath mill shover. One who feeds lath bolts into a lath mill. (Gen.) 



Lazy haul, to. Bee Jigger. 



Lead, n. A block or roller attached to a stationary object which guides the pull 

 of a cable. (P. C. F.) 



Lead block. Hee Bull block. 



Lead chains. Bee Cross chains. 



Leaders, n. In an ox or horse team, the forward pair. (Gen.) 



Lead log. Bee Brow skid; Head log. 



Lead strap. A wire rope, with an eye at each end, used to anchor the block in 

 setting a lead. (P. C. F.) 



Left-hand sawmill. A sawmill in which, when standing on the log deck and 

 facing the rear of the mill, the carriage and saw are on the left hand. (Gen.) 

 See Right-hand sawmill. 



L-llook, n. An L-shaped hook with a long cable, chain, or rope attached. The 

 hook is fastened to the rear of a turn of logs in the trailing portion of a slide 

 and the draft animals to the cable. When the turn starts to run on a steep 

 portion of the slide the hook is automatically released and prevents the logs 

 from dragging the draft animals. (App.) 



Lift gate. In a logging dam sluiceway, a gate which may be moved up or down 

 in vertical slides or grooves, fastened to the sides of the sluiceway. (Gen.) 



Lightning landing. Bee Landing, 2. 



Lightv/ood, ;;. (Turp.) Pine wood which is heavily impregnated with a resin- 

 ous substance. (S. F.) 

 Syn.: fatwood. 



Limb, V. To remove the limbs from a felled tree. 

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



Limber, n. One who cuts the limbs from felled trees. (Gen.) 



Syn.: knot bumper (App.), knotter (P. C. F., R. M. F.). 

 Limber boom. A flexible boom, the sticks of which are usually joined to each 

 other by means of short chains or short pieces of manila rope or wire cable. 

 (Gen.) ■ 

 Lineman, n. One in charge of hauling logs in a chute. (P. C. F.) 

 Line horse. 1. The horse which drags the cable from the j^arding engine or skid- 

 der to the log to which the cable is to be attached. (S. F.) 



2. A horse vised to aid the rigging crew in changing lines. Formerly the 

 animal used to haul out the cable from the yarding engine to the log, 

 (P. C.F.) 

 Lister, n. 1. One who opemtos a lister wheel. (S. F.) 

 Syn.: jointer. 



2. A machine used to square-edge staves and also to give them the proper 

 taper at each end. (S. F.) 



Syn.: jointer wheel, wheel jointer. 

 Live rollers. Power-driven rollers used in a sawmill to transport timbers, 



boards, and slabs. (Gen.) Bee Dead rollers; Dead rolls. 

 Liverpool String Measure. A method of measuring the Cubic contents of logs 

 and other round timber. The formula for determining the cubic contents is — 



L 



(f) 



= C, 



144 



in which G equals the girth in inches and L the length of log in feet and 

 C the cubic contents. The girth measurement is taken by means of a 



