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Straw boss, n. 1. A subforeman in a logging camp. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Syn.: head push. 



2. A subforeman in a sawmill or a sawmill yard. (P. 0. F.) 

 Stray. 1. A marked log passing through the sorting gap of a boom company 

 and about the disposition of which there have been no instructions given. 

 (L.S.) 



2. A log which has passed the mill where it should have been taken from 

 the water. (N. F., E. 0.) 



3. See Prize log. 



Straw line. In power skidding, a small cable which is used in changing the 

 skidding lines from one run to another. (P. C. F.) 



Syn.: grass line. 

 Streak, n. (Turp.) The incision made when a tree is chipped. (S. F.) 

 Stream jam. See Center jam. 

 Stretcher. See Spreader. 



String Measure. See Hoppus String Measure; Liverpool String Measure. 

 Stringer road. 1. See Fore-and-aft road. 



2. A tram road with sawed wooden rails, used for hauling logs. (App.) 

 Strip, n. (Lum.) 1. A narrow 1-inch board. (Gen.) 



2, See Sticker. 



(Log.) An area of timber designated to be cut by a tie backer. (E. M. F.) 

 Strip, V. (Log.) To mark off strips for tie hackers. (E. M. F.) 



(Lum.) See Stick. 



Strip catcher, n. See Edger tailer. 



Strip count. In surfaced lumber, a tally of pieces according to the width and 



length of the rough material from which the finished product was made. 



(Gen.) See Face count. 

 Strip road. In a cross-tie operation, a road cut out by the tie hacker on a given 



strip so that the haulers can reach the ties. (E. M. F.) 

 Strips. See Edgings. 

 Stub. See Snag. 

 Stud, n. See Scantling. 

 Studding, n. See Scantling. 

 Stull, n. A timber used in a mine to support the sides and roofs of the passages, 



(Gen.) See Mine prop; Prop. 

 Stumpage, ii. The value of timber as it stands uncut in the woods; or, in a 



general sense, the standing timber itself. (Gen.) 

 Stump roller. See Eoad roller. 

 Stump spool. See Eoad roller. 

 Stump spud. A tool with a crowbar point on one end and a small spool-like 



shovel on the other end, used in digging holes under stumps, preparatory to 



placing a blasting charge. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: spud. 

 Sulky. See Logging wheels. 

 Superficial foot. (S. F.) See Surface measure. 

 Surface, v. To plane one or more sides of a board, plank, timber, or other sawed 



material. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: dress, plane. 

 Surface Measure. (S. M.) The area in square feet on one face of a board. 



When the boards are 1 inch in thickness the term is synonymous with board 



feet. (Gen.) 



Syn.: face measure, superficial foot. 

 Surfacer, n. A general term for a machine which surfaces lumber. (Gen.) 



