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Log run. In softwoods, merchantable lumber of all grades as it comes from the 



saw; in hardwoods, the full run of the log with No. 3 common out. 

 Log saddle. See Log dog. 

 Log saw. See Head saw. 

 Log scale. The contents of a log, or of a number of logs considered collectively. 



(Gen.) 

 Log seat. See Log dog. 

 Log shoe. See Log dog. 

 Log slip. See Log haul-up. 

 Log sorter. See Mark caller. 

 Log spur. (Log.) See Spur. ■ 



(Lum.) See Log dog. 

 Log stamp. See Marking hammer. 



Log stop and loader. In a sawmill, a device placed at the base of the deck to hold 

 the logs in place, and also to aid in throwing them onto the carriage. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: deck stop (P. C. F.), log loader, steam kicker (Gen.). 

 Log, to. To cut logs and deliver them at a place from which they can be 



transported by water or rail, or, less frequently, at the mill. (Gen.) 

 Log turner. 1. A device usually attached to beams over the log deck, consisting 

 of a drum driven by friction gearing, on w^hich is wound a chain or cable 

 used in turning logs on a sawmill carriage. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: bull wheel, overhead center, overhead turner. 



2. A device actuated by a steam piston, consisting of two or more arms or 

 skids and a hook which are used to shove or to turn logs on a saw carriage. 

 Especially adapted for handling large and long logs. Its movements are con- 

 trolled by the sawyer. (P. C. F.) See Steam nigger. 

 Syn.: Simonson log turner, steam log turner. 

 Log unloader. See Log kicker. 

 Log watch. See Head driver. 

 Log way. See Log haul-up. 



London standard. A unit of European lumber measurement. It is based on a 

 piece 13 inches by 9 inches in cross section by 12 feet in length equal to 27 

 feet board measure. One hundred and twenty (120) standards comprise a 

 London standard hundred, equal to 3,240 feet board measure. 

 Syn.: Dublin standard, Irish standard. 



See Christiana standard, Brammen standard, Quebec standard, St. Peters- 

 burg standard. 

 London standard hundred. See London standard. 

 Long butt, to. See Butt off, to. 

 Lookout. See Signal man. 

 Loose. In circular or band saw fitting, a saw is "loose" in those places which 



fall away too much from a straight edge. (Gen.) 

 Loose knot. A knot not held firmly in place. (Gen.) 

 Loose-tongued sloop. See Swing dingle. 

 Lop, V. To cut the 1iitil)s from a felled tree. (Gen.) 



Syn.: top-lop. (E. C.) 

 Lot, n. A piece of standing timber, small in area. (N. F.) 

 Lubber lift, to. To raise the end of n log by moans of a pry, .-nid thioiii^li tlie 



use of weight instead of strength. (N. F.) 

 Lug hooks. A pair of tongs attached to the middle of a short Iimt. .iinl uscil by 

 two men to carry small logs. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: timber carrier, timber grapple. 

 Lumber, ?j. 1. Timber sawed or split for use. (Gen.) 



2. Timber sawed or split for use in building; tliat is, the nianufacture'l 

 |>rodiict of logs. (Snpreme foiirt of North Ciiroliiia, '^2 Southe.astoni, lO.'^ti.) 



