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Shop, )i. A quality of lumber in several grades which is used in the manufac- 

 ture of sashes, doors, blinds, and like products. (Gen.) 

 Shore hold. The attachment of the hawser of a raft of logs to an object on the 



shore. (X. W., L. S.) 

 Short road. See Go -back road. 



Shorts, n. Lumber shorter than standard lengths. (Gen.) 

 Shot-gun, n. See Gun. 

 Shot-gun feed. See Steam feed. 



Shot holes. Holes made in wood by boring insects. (App-) 

 Shoulder, n. (Turp.) The uppermost corner of a face. The streak starts at the 



shoulder and terminates at the peak. (S. F.) 

 Shove-off man. One who consecutively shoves off the top courses of lumber on a 



dry -kiln truck when the latter is being unloaded. (Gen.) 

 Show, n. See Chance. 

 Side, n. The crew of men, including fallers, buekers, rigging men, loaders, and 



all others working with a yarding donkey., Where a reader or swing donkey 



takes logs from the yarding donkey the men operating them are included in 



the side. (P. C. F.) ' 

 Side boss. The foreman of a "side." (P. C. F.) 

 Side camp. (Turp.) Quarters for laborers, at some distance from the main 



camp where the still is located. (S. F.) 

 Side jam. A jam which has formed on one side of a stream, usually where the 



logs are forced to the shore at a bend by the current or where the water is 



shallow or there are partially submerged rocks. (N. F.) 

 Side line logs, to. 1. To throw the hauling cable around a stump, out of the 



direct line of pull, in order to change the direction of travel of the log and 



thus avoid some obstruction in its path. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: siwash. (P. C. F.) 



2. To draw logs up to the main hauling cable. (S. F.) 

 Side-line man. One who carries the side lines from the main cable of a pullboat 



and attaches them to the logs that are to be skidded. (S. F.) 

 Side mark. See Bark mark. 

 Side pier. See Pier dam. 

 Side pole. See Sway bar. 

 Side sawyer. An assistant to a stave sawyer. His duty is to place the bolt on 



the carriage, to keep it fed laterally against the cylinder saw and to aid in 



gigging back the carriage. (S. F.) 

 Side winder. A tree knocked down unexpectedlv by the falling of another. 



(Gen.) 

 Siding, II. See Bevel siding; Drop siding. 

 Sidings, n. Boards sawed from the outer portion of a log when the central part 



is made into a timber. (N. F.) 

 Signal man. One who transmits orders from the foreman of a yarding crow to 



(lie oii),'iiiocr of the yarding donkey. 



Syn.: lookout, signal punk, whistle punk. 

 Signal punk. See Signal man. 

 Silver-grained. Quarter-sawed lumber with conspicuous medullary rays. (Gen.) 



Sec Quarter-sawed. 

 Simonson log turner. See Log turner. 



Single band saw. A saw that has one cutting edge. (Gen.) 

 Single cord. A pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 2 feet wide. (C. H. F.) 

 Single coupler. Single coupling gralis ioined liy n short chain or cable, used for 



fastening logs together. (App.) 

 Syn.: tail grab. 



