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Slash, n. 1. The debris left after logging, wind, or fire (Gen.) 

 Syu.: brush, slashing. 

 2. Forest land which has been logged off and upon which the limbs and tops 



remain, or which is deep in debris as the result of fire or wind. (Gen.) 

 Slash boards. See Splash boards. 

 Slasher, n. Several circular saws mounted on the same line at intervals from 



16 to 48 inches, and used to cut slabs, edgings and other wood refuse into 



lengths suitable for lath, firewood, pulpwood, or for transportation to the 



refuse burner. 



Syn,: slab slasher. 

 Slasher man. In a sawmill, one who tends the conveyor chains bearing refuse to 



the slasher. (Gen.) 

 Slash grain. See Plain-sawed, 

 Slashing, n. See Slash. 

 Slash knot. See Spike knot. 

 Slat, n. 1. In pencil manufacture a standard slat is a sawed piece of wood 



714 by 21^ by Vi inches from which pencils are made. (Gen.) 

 2. A strip used in the manufacture of crates. (Gen.) 

 Slat saw. A small circular saw on which small dimension stock is cut. (Gen.) 

 Sled tender. 1. One who assists in loading and unloading logs or skidding with 



a dray. (N. F.) 



Syn.: chainer (L. S.), chain tender, chaser, frogger. 

 Sleigh. See Logging sled. 

 Slide, n. A trough built of logs or timber, used to transport logs down a slope, 



usually by gravity. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: chute, dry slide, slip. 

 Slide tender. One who keeps a slide in repair. (Gen.) 

 Slip, n. (Lum.) See Log haul-up. 



(Log.) See Slide. 

 Slip grab. A pear-shaped link attached by a swivel to a skidding evener or 



or whiffletree, through which the skidding chain is passed. The chain runs 



freely when the slip grab is held sideways, but catches when the grab is 



straight. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: grab link. 

 Slip man. See Pond man. 

 Slipper, n. See Eosser. 

 Slip skids. See Glisse skids. 

 Slip-tongue cart, A special form of logging wheels used for transporting logs. 



(S. F., P. C. F.) See Logging wheels. 

 Sloop, n. 1. A single pair of long sled runners, equipped with a tongue and 



bunks on which short logs are loaded. Used chiefly in farming communities. 



(N. W.) 

 2. See Bob. 

 Sloop logs, to. To haul logs down steep slopes on a dray or sloop equipped with 



a tongue. (N. F.) 

 Slough pig. Usually a second-rate river driver who is assigned to picking logs 



out of sloughs in advance of the rear. (N, F.) 

 Sluice, n. See Hume. 

 Sluice, V. 1. See Flume. 



2. To float logs through the sluiceway of a splash dam. (N. F.) 



3. See Splash. 



4. See Hand sluice, 



Sluice gate. The gate closing a sluiceway in a splash dam. (N. F.) 

 Sluiceway, n. The opening in a splash dam through which logs pass. (Gen.) 



