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Sled tender, i. One who assists in loading and unloading logs or skidding 



with dray. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: chain tender. 

 2. A member of the hauling crew who accompanies the turn of logs to 



the landing, unhooks the grabs, and sees that they are returned to the 



yarding engine. (P. C. F.) 

 Slide, n. A trough built of logs or timber, used to transport logs down a 



slope. (Gen.) 



Syn.: chute, dry shde, slip. 

 Slide tender. One who keeps a slide in repair. (Gen.) 

 Slip, n. I. See Slide. 

 2. See Gangway. 

 Slip grab. A pear-shaped hnk attached by a swivel to a skidding evener or 



whifSetree, through which the skidding chain is passed. The chain runs 



freely when the slip grab is held sideways, but catches when the grab is 



straight. (N. F.) 

 Syn. : grab link. 

 Slipper, H. See Rosser. 

 Slip skids. Sec Glisse skids. 

 Sloop, n. See Dray. 

 Sloop logs, to. To haul logs down steep slopes on a dray or sloop equipped 



with a tongue. (N. F.) 

 Slough pig. Usually a second-rate river driver who is assigned to picking 



logs out of sloughs in advance of the rear. (N. F.) 

 Sluice, V. I. See Flume. 



2. To float logs through the sluiceway of a splash dam. (N. F.) 



3. See Splash. 

 Sluice, ;/. See Flume. 



Sluice gate. The gate closing a sluiceway in a splash dam. (Gen.) 

 Sluiceway, n. The opening in a splash dam through which logs pass. 



(Gen.) 

 Snake, v. See Skid. 

 Snaking trail. Sec Gutter road. 

 Snatch team. See Tow team. 

 Snib, V. In river driving, to be carried away purposely, but ostensibly by 



accident, on the first portion of a jam that moves; to ride away from work 



under guise of being accidently carried off. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Snipe, V. See Nose. 



Sniper, n. One who noses logs before they are skidded. (Gen.) 

 Snow a road, to. To cover bare spots in a logging road with snow to 



facilitate the passage of sleds. (N. F.) 

 Snow slide. A temporary slide on a steep slope, made by dragging a large 



log through deep snow which is soft or thawing; when frozen solidly, it 



may be used to shde logs to a point where they can be reached by sleds. 



(N. W.) 



