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portions of logs, slabs, edgings, and trimmings used for laths, shingles, cooper- 

 age, and other products are not waste. (Gen.) 

 Water box. See Sprinkler, 

 Water buck. One who packs water, either for a logging crew or for a donkey 



engine. (Cal.) 

 Water ladder. Pole guides, up and down which a barrel slides in filling a 



sprinkler by horse-power. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Water slide. See Flume. 

 Water stain. Streaks or patches of red or brown discoloration in firm wood of 



hemlock. 

 Water streak. A dark streak in oak lumber due to injury to the standing tim- 

 ber. (App.) 

 Wavy grain. See Curly grain. 

 Weather board. See Bevel siding; Siding. 



Weaver's bind. A method of binding chains around logs on a dray. (N. W.) 

 Wedge a tree, to. To topple over with wedges a tree that is being felled. 

 (Gen.) 



Syn. : throw, trip. 

 Weed, V. See Eake. 

 Well, n. A hole dug in the snow surrounding a tree, in order that the chopper 



may cut the tree at the required height. (R. M. F.) 

 Wet mill. A sawmill at which logs are stored in water. (Gen.) 

 Wet slide. See Flume. 



Wheel camp. 1. An operation in which the logs are transported to the skid- 

 ways on logging wheels. (Cal.) 



2. A camp, the quarters of which are mounted on railroad trucks. (P. C. F.) 

 Wheelers, ». In a toani, the pair next to the load. (App., E. C, S. F.) See 

 Snub yoke. 



Syn.: butt team. 

 Wheel jointer. See Lister. 



WhiflBetree neck-yoke. A heavy logging neck-yoke, to the ends of which short 

 whiffletrees are attached by rings. From the ends of the whiffletrees wide 

 straps run to the breeching, thus giving the team added power in holding back 

 loads on steep slopes. (N. F.) 

 Whip-poor-will, n. A small log fastened diagonally across a log slide and used 

 to shunt logs onto a dump. (App.) 

 Syn.: jumper. 

 Whip-saw, n. A saw. operated by two men, which is used to cut logs into lum- 

 ber. (Gon.) 

 Syn.: pit-saw. 

 Whip-saw, V. To cut lumber with a whip-saw. (Gen.) 

 Whistle boy. One who transmits orders from the foreman of a skidding crew to 



the engineer of a pullboat. (S. F.) 

 Whistle punk. See Signal man. 



White cypress. (TiOg.) A term used bv woodsmen for cvpress timber of light 

 weight. (S. F.) 



(Lum.) A term used by lumber manufacturers to denote cypress lumber 

 which is light in color. (S. F.) 

 White water. See Quick water. 

 White-water man. A log ilriver who is expert in breaking jams on rapids or 



falls. (N. F.) 

 Wholesale lumber dealer. One who buys lumber outright and takes all profits 

 from sales. 



