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Banking ground. See Landing. 



Bank up, to. To pile up logs on a landing. (Gen.) 



Syn.: bank. 

 Barker, n. One who peels bark in gathering tanbark. (Gen.) 



Syn.: peeler, spudder. 

 Barking iron. See Spud. 



Bark mark. A symbol chopped into the side of a log to indicate its owner- 

 ship; when used with the end mark it serves as an additional means of 



identification. (Gen.) See Mark. 

 Syn.: side mark. (N. F.) 

 Bark marker. One who cuts the bark mark on logs. (Gen.) 

 Barn boss. One who has charge of the stables in a logging camp. (Gen.) 



Syn. : feeder. (N. W.) 

 Batten, n. A log less than 1 1 inches in diameter at the small end. (Maine.) 

 Battery, n. Two or more donkey engines for dragging logs, set at intervals 



on a long skid road. (P. C. F.) 

 Beaver, n. See Swamper. 

 Becket, n. A large hook used in loading logs on cars by means of tackle. 



(P. C. F.) 

 Bed a tree, to. To level up the path in which a tree is to fall, so that it may 



not be shattered. (P. C. F.) 

 Bicycle, n. A traveHng block, used on a cable in steam skidding. (S. F.) 

 Bigness scale. See Full scale. 

 Big Wheels. Sec Logging wheels. 

 Binder, ;/. A springy pole used to tighten a binding chain. (Gen.) 



Syn.: jim binder. 

 Binding chain. A chain used to bind together a load of logs. (Gen.) 



Syn.: wrapper chain. (N. F.) 

 Binding Logs. Logs placed on the top of the chain binding a load, in order 



to take up the slack. (Gen.) 

 Birl, V. To cause a floating log to rotate rapidly by treading upon it. (Gen.) 

 Bitch chain. A short, heavy chain with hook and ring, used to fasten the 



lower, end of a gin pole to a sled or car when loading logs. (N. F.) 

 Blaze, V. To mark, by cutting into trees, the course of a boundary, road, 



trail or the like. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: spot. (N. W.) 

 Block, n. See Brail. 

 Blow down. See Windfall. 

 Blue jay. See Road monkey. 

 Bluing, n. The result of fungus attack, which turns the sapwood of certain 



trees blue. (Gen.) 

 Bob, ;/. See Dray. 

 Bobber, u. See Deadhead. 

 Bob logs, to. To transport logs on a bob or dray. (N. F.) 



