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Prop, n. In mining, a round, squared, or split timber whicli supports the cap 

 and lagging or which is placed directly under the roof to support the same 

 without a cap or lagging. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: pillar, post, stull. 



Pull back. See Haul back. 



Puller, n. (Turp.) A strong knife with a curved edge, fastened to a long 

 handle. It is used to chip timber during the third and following years, when 

 the face has advanced so far up' the tree that it cannot be chipped with a 

 hack. (S.r.) ;Sfee Hack, 



Pulling, (/. (Turp.) A term applied to a cup or box that is hacked with a puller. 

 (S.F.) 

 Syn.: three-year old. 



Pulling face. (Turp.) One that is hacked with a puller. (S.F.) 

 Syn.: high face. 



Pull the briar, to. To use a cross-cut saw. (N. F.) 



Pull boat. A flatboat, carrying a steam skidder or a donkey, used in logging 

 cypress. (S. F.) 



Punch bar. One of the arms on a log kicker. (P. C. F.) 



Puppy, n. See Plug. 



Push. See Camp foreman. 



Put in, to In logging, to deliver logs at the landing. (Gen.) 



Quarter-sawed. In hardwoods, lumber cut parallel, or nearly parallel, with the 

 medullary rays. In softwoods, lumber in which the annual growth rings do 

 not tip more than 45° from the vertical throughout the entire length of the 

 board. (Gen.) 



Syn.: center-sawed, comb-grained, edge-grained, figure-grained, rift-sawod, 

 silver-grained, vertical-grained. 



Quarter tie. A tie made from a stick of timber yielding four or more ties. (S. F.) 



Quebec deaL See Deal. 



Quebec standard. (Log.) A white pine log 22 inches in diameter, inside bark, 

 at the small end and 12 feet long. A spruce or balsam log 14 inches in di- 

 ameter inside bark at small end and 12 feet long. (E. C.) See Market. 



(Lum.) Formerly a unit for the measurement of deals in transactions be- 

 tween producer and shipper. Now confined to the measurement of Ottawa 

 pine deals. It is based on a piece 3 inches by 11 inches in cross section by 10 

 feet in length and contains 27i/> feet board measure. One hundred (100) 

 Quebec standards are known as a Quebec standard hundred. 



See Christiana standard, Drammen standard, London standard, St. Peters- 

 burg standard. 



Quebec standard hundred. See Quebec standard. 



Quickwater, n. That part of a stream which has fall enough to create a de- 

 cided current. (Gen.) 



Syn,: white water. (N. W.) 

 Ant.: Stillwater. 



Radiator dry kiln. A kiln in which air is heated over coils of steam pipes and 



then forced by fans into the chamber containing the lumber. (Gen.) 

 Raft bundle. Logs bound together into a circular unit for towing. (S. F.) 

 Rafter dam. A dam in which long timbers are set on the up-stream side at an 

 angle of from 20 to 40 degrees to the water surface. The pressure of the 

 water against the timbers holds the dam solidly against the stream bed. 

 (N.F.) 



Syn.: self-loading dam, slant dam. 



