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Skidway, n. Two skids laid parallel at riglit angles to a road, usually raised 

 above the ground at the end nearest the road. Logs arc usually piled upon a 

 skidway, as they are brought from the stump for loading upon sleds, wagons, 

 or cars. (Gen.) 



Syn.: yard. (N. W.) 

 Skidway, to break a. To roll logs off a skidway. (Gen.) 

 Skips in dressing. In surfacing lumber, slight depressions in boards which are 



below the line of cut, and therefore remain in a rough condition. (Gen.) 

 Skip the grabs, to. To release the skidding grabs from the log by means of a 



grab skipper. (App.) 

 Skipper, n. 1. A sledge hammer with pointed ends which is used to pry skid- 

 ding tongs loose from logs. (App.) 



2. One of the poles placed on a skid road to facilitate the haulage of logs. 

 (App.) See Skipper road. 

 Skipper road. A skid road on which poles are placed zigzag across the road, the 

 angle between skids being about 60 degrees; or a road on which poles are 

 placed transversely at intervals of from 4 to 6 feet. (App.) 

 Sky hooker. See Top loader. 



Skyline, n. The cable suspended between the head-spar tree and the tail tree in 

 eableway logging, on which the trolley travels. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: aerial line, main line, track cable. 

 Skyline logging. Logging with a eableway skidder. (P. C. F.) 

 Slab, n. 1. The exterior portion of a log which is removed in sawing lumber. 

 (Gen.) 



2. Tu ;v box shook factorv, a thin piece of lumber resawed from a board. 

 (Gen.) 

 Slab conveyor. See Eefuse conveyor. 

 Slab man. One who works on the sawing floor of a sawmill and keeps slabs out 



of the way of other material. (P. C. F.) 

 Slab pile. A place where slabs and other mill waste is burned or dumped. (Gen.) 

 Slab-pit. An open refuse burner. (S. F.) See Eefuse burner. 

 Slab saw. See Resaw. 

 Slab slasher. See Slasher. 

 Slab streak. (Turp.) A streak so chipped that the entire surface of the newly 



exposed wood is turned outward toward the direct rays of the sun. (S. F.) 

 Slab stripper. See Off-bearer. 

 Slab tie. The third tie made from a stick of timber too small to make four ties 



and too large to make two ties. (S, F.) 

 Slack cooperage. Packages, consisting of two round heads and a body composed 

 of ono or more staves held together with hoops, which are used as containers 

 for non-liquid products. Vv^hen the package is composed of one or two staves 

 only, the latter are made from large sheets of rotary cut veneer. (Gen.) 

 Slack puller. 1. A power-operated device on an overhead steam skidder which 

 j)ulls slack out of the skidding line when the trolley has been run out to the 

 desired point in the run. (Gen.) 



2. One who pulls shtck on the skidding line of an overhead steam skidder. 

 (S.F.) 

 Slack-rope system. .\ Hystem of power logging, in whicii the main skidding 

 lablc is returned from the m.-ichine to the woods by means of a smaller cable 

 known as the "haul-back," or "messenger." (Gen.) 

 Slack water., 1. In river driving, the teiii|ii)i;iry shH-kciiliig of the current 

 I'iuised by the forniMtion of n jam. (Gen.) 

 2. Ijow water or dead water. (N. W.) 

 Slant dam. See Rafter dam. 



