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Small knot. In cypress and Pacific Coast woods, a knot that is sound and not 



more than three-fourths of an inch in diameter. 

 Smoke-dried finish. Lumber that has been seasoned in an Arkansas dry kiln. 



Tt is usually blackened on the surface, due to exposure to smoke during the 



drying process. (S. F.) 

 Smoke kiln. See Arkansas dry kiln. 

 Suag, n. 1. A standing tree stem from which the crown has been broken. 



(Gen.) See Ram pike. 

 Syn.: stub. 



2. A sunken log or a submerged stump. (Gen.) 

 Snake, v. (Lum.) In sawing, to make a wavy cut in a log. It is a sign of poor 



saw fitting. (Gen.) 

 (Log.) See Skid. 

 Snaking system. A system of power logging in which the main cable is returned 



to the woods by an animal. (Gen.) 

 Snaking trail. See Gutter road. 

 Snatch team. See Tow team. 



Snib, V. In river driving, to be carried away purposely, but ostensibly by ac- 

 cident, on the first portion of a jam that moves; to ride away from work 



under guise of being accidentally carried off. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Snipe, V. See Nose. 



Sniper, n. One who noses logs before they are skidded. (Gen.) 

 Snow a road, to. To cover bare spots in a logging road with snow, to facilitate 



the passage of sleds. (N. F.) 

 Snow slide. A temporary slide on a steep slope, made by dragging a large log 



through deep snow which is soft or thawing; when frozen solidly, it may be 



used to slide logs to a point where they can be reached by sleds. (S. W.) 

 Snub, r. To check, usually by means of a snub line, the speed of logging sleds 



or logs on steep slopes, or of a log raft. (Gen.) 

 Snubber, n. A device consisting of a drum or drums, controlled by powerful 



hand or power brakes, or both, which is used in lowering logs or log cars on 



steep grades, by means of a cable. (P. C. F.) 

 Snub line. 1. A rope or cable attached to the rear bunk of a logging sled used 



1o control tlie speed on steep grades. (N". W.) 



2. A wire rope used with a donkey for snubbing logs, or log cars. (P. C. F.) 

 Snub yoke. The wheelers in an ox team. (App., S. F.) Sec Butt team; 



Wheelers. 

 Soft gum. Sec Crude turpentine. 



Softwood, a. Ah applied to trees and logs, needle-leafed, coniferous. (Gen.) 

 Softwood, (I. As applied to lumber, that which is cut from coniferous trees. 



(Gen.) 

 Softwood, n. A coniferous tree. (Gen.) 

 Solid jam. 1. In river driving, a .i<im formed solidly and extending from bank 



to li;ink of a stream. (X. F.) 



2. A drive is said to be "in a solid .iam" when the stream is full of logs 



from the point to which the rear is cleared to the mill, sorting jack, or storage 



boom. (N. F.) 



Solid-plate circular saw. Sre Soliil-tooth circular saw. 



Solid-tooth circular saw. .V saw in wliich the teeth are cut info tlie i)erii>herv 



of tlio saw. (Gen.) 



Syn.: solid-plate circular saw. 

 Sorter, n. See Chain sorter. 

 Sorting boom. A strong boom used to guide logs into the sorting jack, to both 



sides of which it is usually attached. (Gen.) 



