62 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Spud, 11. 1. A tool for removing bark. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: barking iron. 

 2. See Stump spud. 

 Spudder, n. See Barker. 



Spur, n. A branch logging railroad. (Gen.) 

 Square, n. When applied to shingles, that number which will cover 100 square 



feet of surface. (Gen.) 

 Square dress, n. See Swage set. 

 Square dress, to. See Swage a saw, to. 

 Square Edge and Sound (Sq. Edg-Sd.). The name of a specific grade of southern 



yellow-pine timbers. (Gen.) 

 Stack, V. See Stick. 



Stacker, n. 1. One who places lumber in piles. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: lumber piler, lumber stacker, piler. 



2. A machine for stacking lumber on dry kiln trucks. See Edge stacker, 

 Syn.: lumber piler, lumber stacker. 

 Stag, ('. To cut off trousrs just below the knee, or boots at the ankle. (N. F., 



P. C.F.) 

 Stamping hammer. See Marking hammer. 

 Standard, n. (Lum.) See Christiana standard, Drammen standard, London 



standard, Qiiebec standard, St. Petersburg standard. 

 (Log.) See Market. 

 Standard band sawmill. One containing a single band mill and having a rated 



capacity of 50 M board feet in 10 hours. (Gen.) 

 Standard knot. 1. A knot that is sound and not over 1% inches in diameter. 



(S.F.) 

 Syn.: tight knot. (P. C.F.) 

 2. In hardwoods and cypress, a knot that is not more than 1^4 inches in 



diameter. 

 Standard lengths. Lengths into which rough lumber is cut for general use. The 



standard lengths in southern yellow pine are multiples of 2 feet, from 4 to 24 



feet inclusive. In surfaced products, such as flooring, ceiling, drop siding, 



and like material, the standard lengths range in multiples of 1 foot, from 3 to 



20 feet inclusive. Hardwood standard lengths run from 4 to 16 feet inclusive. 



In the Province of Quebec, Canada, the standard lengths are 12 and 13 feet. 

 Start, ». A pin or pins fastened to the runners of a dray and holding in place 



the upper removable bar or bunk. (N. W.) 

 Starting bar. See Gee throw. 

 Stationary sawmill. A sawmill that has a permanent location, as contrasted 



with a portable mill which may be moved at frequent intervals. (Gen.) 

 Stave bolt. One of the pieces of a staA'^e-cut which has been split lengthwise 



into two or several pieces. (S. F.) See Bolt. 

 Stay boom. A boom fastened to a main boom and attached up-stream to the 



shore to give added strength to the main boom. (Gen.) 

 Stave bucker. A machine, hj means of which rough staves are dressed to the 



proper shape and size. The dressing is done by revolving knives. (S. F.) 

 Steam bucking saw. A i:)ortable steam saw used for bucking logs at the landing. 



(Cal.) 

 Syn.: drag saw. 

 Stave catcher. See Pit boy. 



Stave-cut. A section of a bole cut the length of a stave. (S. F.) 

 Stave sawyer. One who feeds bolts into a stave saw and gauges the thickness 



of the staves sawed. (S. F.) 

 Steam bucker. A stave bucker operated by steam power. (S. F.) 



