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Peeler, n. See Barker. 



Peggy, a. See Pecky. 



Pickaroon, n. A piked pole fitted with a curved hook, used in holding boats 



to jams in driving, and for pulling logs from brush and eddies out into the 



current. (Gen.) 

 Pick the rear, to. See Sack the rear, to. 

 Pier dam. A pier built from the shore, usually slanting downstream, to 



narrow and deepen the channel, to guide logs past an obstruction, or to 



throw all the water on one side of an island. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: wing dam. 

 Pig, n. See Rigging sled. 

 Pig tail. An iron device driven into trees or stumps to support a wire or 



small rope. (P. C. F.) 

 Pike pole. A piked pole, from 12 to 20 feet long, used in river driving. 



(Gen.) 

 Pitch pocket. A cavity in wood filled with resin. (P. C. F., R. M. F., S. F.) 

 Pitch streak. A seam or shake filled with resin. (Gen.) 

 Plug and knock down. A device for fastening boom sticks together, in the 



absence of chains. It consists of a withe secured by wooden plugs in 



holes bored in the booms. (N. F.) 

 Pocket boom. A boom in which logs are held after they are sorted. (Gen.) 

 Point, V. See Gun. 

 Pokelogan, n. A bay or pocket into which logs may float off during a drive. 



(N. W., L. S.) 

 Syn. : logan. 

 Pond man. One who collects logs in the mill pond and floats them to the 



gangway. (Gen.) 

 Pontoon. See Catamaran. 

 Prize logs. Logs which come to the sorting jack without marks denoting 



ownership. (N. F.) 

 Pull back. See Haul back. 

 Pullboat. A flatboat, carrying a steam skidder or a donkey, used in logging 



cypress. (S. F.) 

 Pull the briar, to. To use a crosscut saw. (N. F.) 

 Put in, to. In logging, to deliver logs at the landing. (Gen.) 



Quickwater, n. That part of a stream which has fall enough to create a 

 decided current. (Gen.) 

 Ant.: Stillwater. 



Rafter dam. A dam in which long timbers are set on the upstream side at 

 an angle of from 20 to 40 degrees to the water surface. The pressure 

 of the water against the timbers holds the dam solidly against the 

 stream bed. (N. F.) 

 Syn. : self-loading dam, slant dam. 



