FOREST TERMINOLOGY 51 



Running slide. A slide on which logs run by gravity. (App.) 

 Runway. See Gutter road. 

 Rustic siding, n. See Drop siding. 



Rutter, n. A form of plow for cutting ruts in a logging road for the runners of 

 the sled to run in. (N. W., L. S.) 



Sack the rear, to. To follow a drive and roll in logs which have lodged or 



grounded. (Gen.) 



Syn.: pick the rear, to; sweep the rear, to (E. C.) 

 Sack the slide, to. To return to a slide logs which have jumped out. (Gen.) 

 Saddle, n. The depression cut in a transverse skid in a skid road to guide the 



logs which pass over it. (P. C. F.) 

 Saddlebag, /'. As applied to a boom, to catch on an obstruction and double 



around it. (Gen.) 



St. Petersburg standard. A unit of lumber measurement in Europe. It is 

 based on a piece I14 inches by 11 inches in cross section by 12 feet in length, 

 which is equal to IB^/^ feet board measure. One hundred and twenty (120) 

 standards are known as St. Petersburg standard hundred, equal to 1,980 feet 

 board measure, or 165 cubic feet. 



Syn.: Petersburg standard, Petrograd standard. 



See Christiana standard, Drammen standard, London standard, Quebec 

 standard. 



St. Petersburg standard hundred. See St. Petersburg standard. 



Sampson, n. 1. An appliance for loosening or starting logs by horsepower. It 

 usually consists of a strong, heavy timber and a chain terminating in a heavy 

 swamp hook. The timber is placed upright beside the piece to be moved, the 

 chain fastened around it, and the hook inserted low down on the opposite 

 side. Leverage is then applied by a team hitched to the upper end of the up- 

 right timber. (N. F.) 



2. See Kilhig. 



3. The hold in donkey logging in which the pulling line is placed on a block 

 of wood or some other object, so that the forward end of the log is raised as 

 it starts forward. (P. C. F.) 



Sampson a tree, to. To direct the fall of a tree by means of a lever and pole. 

 (N. F.) 



Sandman. See Road monkey. 



Sapper. See Knee bolter. 



Sap stain. The stain on the sapwood of logs and Inmbor caused by fungi. (Gen.) 

 See Blued lumber. 



Sash, ». The frame in which gang saws and sash saws are stretched. The 

 frame moves up and down in vertical grooves or slides and is actuated by a 

 [)itiiian attached to the base. (Gen.) 



Sash saw. A ribbon of steel, toothed on one edge, which is stretched in a sash 

 or frame. The saws are used singly. Sash saws are employed only in water- 

 power mills of limited capacity. (Gen.) See Gang saw; Mulay saw. 

 Syn.: gate saw, mill saw. 



Satchel stick. A stick carried on tiie shoulder and used by a lumbtM'j.ack to 

 support his turkey. (App.) 



Saw alive, to. To make all cuts on the log parallel. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: saw through and through, to. 



Saw arbor, ». The siiaft ami l)oarings on which a circular saw is mounted, 



(Gen.) 

 Syn.: arbor, mandrel. 

 Saw around, to. In sawing, t(i cut from tliree or more faces of a log. the latter 



being fnrned in order to get the best quality of lumber. (Gen.) 



