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Steam dago. A power-driven log bucking device. (P. C. F.) 

 Steam dog. A device operated by a steam cylinder which is placed in the log 

 trough on the deck of a sawmill in order to hold logs while they are being 

 cross-cut into shorter lengths. (Gen.) 

 Steam feed. A long cylinder with a piston which is at^tached to the rear end of 

 the carriage and draws the latter back and forth. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: shot-gun feed. 

 Steam hauler. A geared locomotive used to haul loaded logging sleds over an 

 ice road. It is equipped with a spiked metal belt which runs over sprocket 

 wheels replacing the driving wheels, and is guided by a sled, turned by a 

 steering wheel, upon which the front end rests. (N. F.) 

 Steam jammer. See Steam loader. 

 Steam kicker. See Log stop and loader. 



Steam loader. A machine operated by steam and used for loading logs upon 

 cars. (Gen.) 



Syn.: loader, steam jammer. 

 Steam log turner. See Log turner; Steam nigger. 



Steam nigger. A long-toothed lever arm, actuated by steam pistons, which is 

 used to turn logs on a sawmill carriage. (Gen.) See Friction nigger. 

 Syn.: nigger, steam log turner, log turner. 

 Steam skidder. See Skidder. 



Steel crew. The crew which lays and takes up railroad track. (Gen.) 

 Stem winder. See Corkscrew. 

 Stepping, n. 1. Lumber worked to a size and pattern suitable for steps. 



2. An export grade of southern yellow pine and Douglas fir. 

 Stick, V. To place lumber in a pile with stickers separating each course of 

 lumber. (Gen.) 



Syn.: pile, stack, strip. 

 Sticker, n. 1. A piece of lumber which separates the different courses of lumber 

 in a pile. (Gen.) 



Syn.: gobb, (E. C), piling strip, strip. 



2. A machine used in a sash, door, and blind factory for shaping door and 

 sash rails and stiles, sash bars, and muntins. (Gen.) 

 Stillwater. That part of a stream having such slight fall that no current is ap- 

 parent. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: deadwater. 

 Ant.: quickwater. 

 Stock, n. The handle of a cant hook peavey. (App.) 



Stock boards. Boards of even widths, usually in widths of 8, 10, and 12 inches. 

 (Gen.) 



Stock logs, to. To deliver logs from stump to mill or railroads. (S. F.) 



Stock widths. Lumber cut in even widths from 4 to 12 inches. (Gen.) 



Stog, V. See Chink. 



Storage boom. A strong boom used to hold logs in storage at a sawmill, booming 

 grounds, or wherever necessary. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: holding boom, receiving boom. 



Stow logs, to. In rafting, to place logs together and parallel witliin boom sticks 

 which mark the outside of the raft section. (P. C. F.) 



Straight grain. The wood of a tree or log is said to be straight grained when 

 the principal wood cells are parallel to the axis of growth. A piece of lum- 

 ber is said to be straight grained when tho principal wooil cells are parnllcl to 

 its length. 



Straight line. Tlie direct attachment of a pulling cable from a donkey engine 

 to a log withoul the use of block ;ind ta<'kle. (P. CF.) 



