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Brush snow fence. A snowbreak to protect a logging road; used most 



commonly on wide marshes. It consists of brush which is set upright 



in the ground before it freezes. (N. F.) 

 Brutting crew. A crew which rolls logs down slopes too steep for teams. 



(App.) 

 Buck, V. I. To saw felled trees into logs. (P. C. F.) 



2. To bring or carry, as to buck water or wood. (Gen.) 

 Bucket, «. I. One who saws felled trees into logs. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn. : cross cutter. 



2. One who brings or carries. See Buck. 

 Buckwheat, v. See Hang up, to. 

 Buckwheater, «. A novice at lumbering. (Gen.) 

 Bull chain, i. A very heavy chain, to which a number of short chains, with 



hooks on one end and dogs on the other, are attached. It is used to draw 



logs from the mill pond up the gangway. (Gen.) 

 2. See Jack chain. 

 Bull cook. See Chore boy. 

 Bull donkey. A large donkey engine which, by drum and cable, drags logs 



from the place where they are yarded to a landing. (P. C. F.) 

 Bully, II. A common name for the foreman or boss of a logging camp. 



(N. F.) 

 Bummer, 11. A small truck with two low wheels and a long pole, used in 



skidding logs. (N. F., S. F.) 

 Syn.: drag cart, skidder. 

 Bunch load, to. To encircle several logs with a chain and load them at once, 



by steam or horse power. (N. F.) 

 Bunch logs, to. To collect logs in one place for loading. (Gen.) 

 Bunk, V. To place upon the bunks, as to " bunk a log." (Gen.) 

 Bunk, II. I. The heavy timber upon which the logs rest on a logging sled. 



(N. F.) 

 Syn. : bolster. 



2. The cross beam on a log car or truck, on which the logs rest. (Gen.) 



3. A log car or truck. (S. F., P. C. F.) 

 Bunk chain. See Toggle chain. 



Bunk hook. The hook attached to the end of the bunk on a logging car, 



which may be raised to hold the logs in place or lowered to release them. 



(Gen.) 

 Bunk load. A load of logs not over one log deep; i.e., in which every log 



rests on the bunks. (Gen.) 

 Bunk spikes. Sharp spikes set upright in the bunks of a logging sled to hold 



the logs in place. (N. F.) 

 Bush a road, to. To mark the route of a logging road across a marsh or the 



ice by setting up bushes. (N. F.) 

 Butt, n. The base of a tree, or the big end of a log. (Gen.) 



