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Widow maker. 1. A broken limb hanging loose in the top of a tree, which in its- 

 fall may injure a man below (N. F.); or a breaking cable (P. C. F.). 

 Syn:*leadman. (N. W.) 

 2. A tree which in falling is lodged in the top of another. (App.) 



Wigwam, to make a. In felling trees, to lodge several in such a way that they 

 support each other. (N, F.) 



Windfall, n. An area upon which the trees have been thrown by wind; also, ai 

 single tree thrown by wind. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: blow down, wind slash. (N. F.) 



Windshake, n. See Shake. 



Wind slash. See Windfall. 



Wind splitter. See Peaker. 



Wing dam. See Pier dam. 



Wing jam. A jam which is formed against an obstacle in the stream and slants 

 upstream until the upper end rests solidly against one shore, with an open 

 channel for the passage of logs on the opposite side. (N. F.) 



Wire a car, to. In loading a flat car, to fasten together opposite car stakes with 

 wire. (Gen.) 



Wobble saw. A thin circular saw of small diameter firmly set at an angle on a 

 mandrel and used to cut grooves in wood. Its object is to remove a wide 

 kerf and obviate the necessity of using several saws. Largely beeoming^ 

 obsolete, due to the development of the dado-head saw. (Gen.) 



Woodboat, n. A single sled with two skids attached by their forward ends to 

 the bunk, and with their rear ends dragging, which is used to haul cordwood 

 off of steep or rocky slopes. (N. W.) 



Wood buck. See Wood bucker. 



Wood bucker. One who cuts wood for a donkev, road engine, or other power- 

 skidding device. (P. C. F., E. M. F.) 

 Syn.: wood buck. 



Wood fibre. A substitute for hair in plaster, consisting of narrow shavings cut 

 from a round block of wood by means of a special machine. (Gen.) 



Woodhick. See Lumberjack. 



Wood passer. One who transports wood fuel in a flatboat from the cutting point 

 to a pullboat. (S. F.) 



Woodpecker, n. A poor chopper. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: beaver. (N. W.) 



Woods foreman. See Woodsrider. 



Woodsrider, a. (Turp.) One who has charge of the operation of the whole or 

 a part of a turpentine orchard. (S. F.) 

 Syn.: woodsman, woods foreman. 



Wood-wool, n. Fine shavings made from wood and used as a substitute for hair 

 in plaster and when made from pine and specially prepared sometimes used as 

 a surgical dressing. (Gen.) 



Worm roller. See Screw rollers. 



Wrapper chain. See Binding chain. 



Yankee gang mill. An early and obsolete type of gang mill in which the sash 

 consisted of two parts, one holding saws for removing slabs, and the other hav- 

 ing saws designed to cut cants into lumber. The two processes were carried 

 on simultaneously, the log passing through one side of the sash from the front 

 and a cant returning through the opposite side of the sash from the rear. 



Yard, n. See Skidway; Landing. 



Yard, v. See Skid: Bank. 



