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2. One who cuts limbs from felled trees and rings and slits the bark 

 preparatory to peeling tanbark. (N. F.) 

 Float, V. See Drive. 

 Float road. A channel cleared in a swamp and used to float cypress logs 



from the woods to the boom at the river or mill. (S. F.) 

 Flood, V. See Splash. 

 Flood dam. See Splash dam. 

 Flume, V. To transport logs or timbers by a flume. (Gen.) 



Syn.: sluice. 

 Flume, H. An inclined trough in which water runs, used in transporting 

 logs or timbers. (Gen.) 



Syn.: sluice, water slide, wet sHde. 

 Flunkey, n. i. An assistant, usually either to the engineer of a donkey 

 engine or to the cook in a logging camp. (P. C. F.) 

 2. Sec Chore boy. 

 Flying drive. A drive the main portion of which is put through with the 



utmost dispatch, without stopping to pick rear. (N. F.) 

 Fly roUway. A skidway or landing on a steep slope, from which the logs are 



released at once by removing the brace which holds them. (N. F.) 

 Fore-and-aft road. A skid road made of logs placed parallel to its direction, 

 making the road resemble a chute. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn. : stringer road. 

 Four paws. See Double couplers. 

 Frog, «. I. The junction of two branches of a flume. (P. C. F.) 



2. A timber placed at the mouth of a slide to direct the discharge of the 

 logs. (Gen.) Syn. : throw out. 

 Full scale. Measurement of logs, in which no reduction is made for defects. 

 (Gen.) 

 Syn.: bigness scale. (N. F.) 



Gangway, n. The incline plane up which logs are moved from the water 



into a sawmill. (Gen.) 



Syn.: jack ladder, log jack, log way, slip. 

 Gap stick. The pole placed across the entrance of a sorting jack to close it, 



when not in use. (Gen.) 

 Gee throw. A heavy, wooden lever, with a curved iron point, used to break 



out logging sleds. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: starting bar. 

 Gin pole. A pole secured by guy ropes, to the top of which tackle for loading 



logs is fastened. (Gen.) 

 Glancer, n. See Fender skid. 

 Glancing boom. See Sheer boom. 

 Glisse skids. Freshly peeled skids up which logs are slid instead of rolled 



when being loaded. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: slip skids.. 



