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Saw bill. The instructions given to a sawyer for sawing lumber of various 

 kinds and sizes from given logs. (Gen.) 



Saw boss. Foreman of the felling and log-making crews. (S. F.) 

 Syn.: captain (S. F.), bull bucker, head bucker (P. C. F.). 



Saw carriage. See Carriage. 



Saw fitter. See Filer. 



Saw guide. A device for steadying a circular or band log saw. (Gen.) 



Saw kerf. The width of cut made by a saw. (Gen.) 



Sawmill, n. A plant at which logs are sawed into salable products. It includes 

 all the machinery necessary for the operation of the plant and also the build- 

 ings and grounds on which it is located. (Gen.) 



Saw tailer. See Off bearer. 



Saw through and through, to. See Saw alive, to. 



Saw timber. Logs suitable in size and length for the production of merchant- 

 able lumber. 



Sawyer, n. (Lum.) One who controls the carriage and other machinery in 

 sawing logs into lumber. The quality and quantity of lumber sawed depends 

 on his judgment, skill, and speed. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: head sawyer. (P. C. F.) 

 (Log.) See Faller. 



Scale, i\ To measure the volume of logs. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: cull. (E.G.) 



Scale book. A book especially designed for recording the contents of scaled 



logs. (Gen.) 

 Scaler, n. (Log.) One who determines the volume of logs. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: culler. (E.G.) 

 (Lum.) See Grader; Marker. 

 Scalper, n. (Lum.) One who sells, for a commission, lumber in which he has 

 no direct financial interest. (Gen.) 

 (Log.) See Eosser. 

 Scantling, n. 1. A piece of timber of small size. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: stud, studding. (Gen.) 



2. In the southern yellow-pine export trade, pieces from 2 by 2 to 2 by 6 

 inches, from 3 by 3 to 8 by 8 inches, from 4 by 4 to 4 by 8 inches, and from 

 5 by 5 to 5 by 8 inches in size. (S. F.) 



Scarf, r. In stave making, to bevel the inner edge of a hoop just above the 

 croze. (Gen.) 



Schoodic chain bind. A method of binding logs to the bunk of a dray. Two 



forms are in use, namel3% the single schoodic and the double schoodic. (N. W.) 

 Scoot, }(. (Lum.) Hardwood lumber, all pieces being of a quality inferior to 



No. 4 Common. 

 (Log.) See Dray. 

 Score, V. In hewing timber, tO' mark with lines or with ax hacks the limits of 



the cut, both as to width and depth. (Gen.) 

 Scotch, n. See Gooseneck. 

 Scrape, n. Crude turpentine, from which certain volatile oils have evaporated. 



It accumulates on the scarified portion of a tree which is being bled for crude 



turpentine and is removed in the fall at the end of the season's operations. 



(S.F.) 

 Scrape, v. To collect scrape from the scarified portion of a tree which is being 



bled for crude turpentine. (S. F.) 

 Scrape iron. (Turp.) An instrument used in gathering scrape from faces. 



(R.F.) 



