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under, 1 in. on 12 to 17 1 in., and an additional \ in. for every 

 6 ins. or part thereof over. Allowances for defective logs 

 as customary. 



Lloyds. The headquarters of the underwriters, especially of 

 marine risks, so called as their original meeting place was 

 Lloyd's coffee-house. Lloyd's-rooms now form part of the 

 Royal Exchange, and are under the management of a com- 

 mittee. See " Underwriter." 



Load. A load of timber unhewn, 40 cubic ft. ; squared softwood 

 timber, 50 cubic ft. ; 1 in. plank, 600 sq. ft. ; 11 in. plank, 400 

 sq. ft. ; 2 in. plank, 300 sq. ft. ; 2^ in. plank, 240 sq. ft. ; 3 in. 

 plank, 200 sq. ft. ; 3i in. plank, 1 70 sq. ft.; 4 in. plank, 1 50 sq. ft. 

 In the Board of Trade Returns and other Government 

 statistics timber is always returned by the load and not by 

 the standard. 



Lock. Anglo-Saxon loc, a fastening. (1) Applied to an instru- 

 ment for fastening a door, a lid, a trunk, etc., also to fasten 

 with a lock and key. (2) Among engineers, a place where 

 the current or stream of a river is stopped, variantly a lock- 

 pit. 



Lock Rail. The middle or horizontal rail of a door to which the 



lock or fastening is fixed. 

 Locust Tree. See " Acacia." 

 Loft. A room in the roof of a building ; a gallery or small 



chamber raised within, a larger apartment, or in a church, or 



a music loft (musician's gallery), a singing loft, or a rood-loft. 



It is the final syllable in " cock-loft," i.e., the " top-loft." 



Log. An instrument for measuring the rate of a ship's motion. 

 The trunk of a tree ready for conversion. 



Log-board. A couple of boards shutting like a book on which the 

 logs are entered. It may be termed the waste-book, and 

 the log-book the journal. 



Log Run. In softwoods, merchantable lumber of all grades, as 

 it comes from the saw ; in hardwoods, the full run of the log 

 with No. 3 common out. 



Log Saws are of four classes : band, horizontal and vertical, 

 reciprocating and rack benches (which see). 



Logwood (Hcematoxylon campechianum). A very hard wood 

 found in the West Indies and Central America. Used as a 

 dyewood, but not of much commercial value. 



Lorry. See "Lurry." 



Lower Ports. Shipping places in Canada, broadly speaking which 

 are situated in the Gaspe Peninsula, New Brunswick and 

 Nova Scotia. 



