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Butt cut. I. The first log above the stump. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: butt log. (Gen.) 



2. In gathering tanbark, the section of bark taken from the butt of a 

 tree before felling it for further peeling. (N. F.) 

 Butt hook. The hook by which the cable is attached to the tackle on the 



logs. (P. C.F.) 

 Butt log. Sec Butt cut. 



Butt off, to. I. To cut a piece from the end of a log on account of a defect. 

 (Gen.) 

 Syn.: long butt, to. (P. C. F., App.) 

 2. To square the end of a log. (N. F.) 

 Buttress, n. A wall or abutment built along a stream to prevent the logs 



in a drive from cutting the bank or jamming. (Gen.) 

 Butt team. In a logging team of four or more, the pair nearest the load. 

 (Gen.) 



Camp inspector. A lazy lumberjack, who goes from one logging camp to 

 another, working only a short time in each. (N. F.) 



Cannon a log, to. In loading logs by steam or horse power, to send up a log 

 so that it swings crosswise, instead of parallel to the load. (N. F.) 



Cant dog. See Cant hook. 



Cant hook. A tool like a peavey, but having a toe ring and lip at the end 

 instead of a pike. See Peavey. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: cant dog. 



Cap, n. A cone of sheet iron or steel, with a hole in the end through which a 

 chain passes, which is fitted over the end of a log before snaking it, to 

 prevent catching on stumps, roots or other obstacles, in steam skidding. 

 (S. F.) 



Catamaran, n. A small raft carrying a windlass and grapple, used to re- 

 cover sunken logs. (Gen.) 



Syn.: sinker boat (Gen.), monitor, pontoon (P. C. F.) 



Catch boom. A boom fastened across stream to catch and hold floating 

 logs. (Gen.) 



Catface, 11. A partly healed over fire scar on the stem of a tree. (P. C. F.) 



Catpiece, n. A small stick in which holes are made at regular intervals, 

 placed on the top of uprights firmly set in floating booms. The uprights 

 are fitted to enter the holes in the catpiece, so as to narrow or widen the 

 space between the booms at the entrance to a sluiceway or sorting jack. 

 The catpiece is held by the uprights high enough above water to allow 

 logs to float freely under it. (N. W., L. S.) 



Cattyman, n. An expert river driver. (N. F.) 



Center jam. A jam formed on an obstacle in the middle of a stream, and 

 which does not reach either shore. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : stream jam. 



