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Paddle, ii. (Turp.) A small piece of wood which is placed over a cup during 

 the chipping process, in order to keep trash from falling into the receptacle. 

 (S.F.) 



Pair of fallers. See Falling crew. 



Parbuckle, n. See Crotch chain. 



Park, V. To collect cross-ties along a strip road, usually by hand. (E. M. F.) 



Partition, w. A pattern of lumber used for interior partitions and similar work 



where botli sides of the board are exposed. (Gen.) 

 Patent lath. See Byrkit lath. 

 Patent siding. See Drop siding. 



Peak, )i. (Turp.) The apex of the triangle above a box or cup at which the two 



faces meet. (S. F.) 

 Peaker, n. 1. A load of logs narrowing sharply toward the top and thus shaped 



like an inverted V- (Gen.) 

 Syn.: wind splitter. 

 2. The top log of a load. (Gen.) 

 Peavey, n. A stout lever from 5 to 7 feet long, fitted at the larger end with a 



metal socket and spike and a curved steel hook which works on a bolt; used 



in handling logs, especially in driving. A peavey differs from a cant hook in 



having a pike instead of a toe ring and lip at the end. (Gen.) See Cant dog; 



Cant hook. 

 Pecky, a. A term applied to an unsoundness most common in bald cj'press. 



(S.F.) 

 Syn.: peggy. 

 Peeler, n. (Log.) See Barker. 



(Lum.) See Eotary veneer machine. 

 Peggy, a. See Pecky. 



Petersburg standard. See St. Petersburg standard. 

 Petersburg standard hundred. See St. Petersburg standard. 

 Petrograd standard. See St. Petersburg standard. 

 Philadelphia fencing. A pattern of partition used in the eastern part of the 



United States. 

 Pickaroon, n. 1 A piked polo fitted with a curved hook, used in holding boats 



to jams in log driving and for pulling logs from brush and eddies out into the 



current. (Gen.) 



(Lum.) See Hookaroon. 

 Pick the rear, to. See Sack the rear, to. 

 Pier dam. A pier built from the shore, usually slanting downstream, to narrow 



and deepen the channel, to guide logs past an obstruction, or to throw all the 



water on one aide of an island. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: side pier, wing dam. 

 Pig, 11. See Eigging sled. 

 Pigman, n. See Chaser. 



Pig tail. An iron device driven into trees or stumps to support a wire or sniall 

 rope. (P. C. F.) 



Pike lever. See Hand pike. 



Pike pole. A piked pole from 12 to 20 feet long, with or without a hook, used 



in liolding boats to jams in driving and for pulling logs from brush .ttuI eddies 



out into tlie current. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: gaff. (E.G.) 

 Pile, V. See Stick. 



Pile bottom. Tlu' fimndntiou on wliich Iniubor is piled during sc;isoiiing in a 

 yard. (Gen.) 



