WORDS AND PHRASES 483 



able framework, and used to load logs on sleds and 

 cars by horsepower. 



Jam — to Break. To start in motion logs which have 

 jammed. 



Jay Hawk. To strip one four-foot length of bark from 

 a tanbark oak, leaving the tree standing. 



Jiboo. To remove a dog from a log. 



Jigger. To pull a log by horsepower over a level place 

 in a slide. 



Jim Binder. See binder. 



Jobber. A logging contractor or subcontractor. 



Jobber'.s Sun. A term applied to the moon in a jobber's 

 or contractor's logging camp, on account of the early 

 and late hours of commencing and ending work. 



Jumper. A sled shod with wood, used for hauling sup- 

 plies over bare ground into a logging camp. 



Katydid. See logging wheels. 



Key Log. In river driving, a log which is so caught or 

 wedged that a jam is formed and held. 



Kilhig. A short, stout pole used as a lever or brace 

 to direct the fall of a tree. 



Knot. See limb. 



Knot Bumper. See limber. 



Knotter. See limber. 



Laker. A log driver expert at handling logs on lakes. 



Landing. 1. A place to which logs are hauled or skid- 

 ded preparatory to transportation by water or rail. 

 A rough and tumble landing is one in which no at- 

 tempt is made to pile the logs regularly. 2. A 

 platform, usually at the foot of a skid road, where 

 logs are collected and loaded on cars. A lightning 

 landing is one having such an incline that the logs 

 may roll upon the cars without assistance. 



Landing Man. One who unloads logging sleds at the 

 landing. 



Land Looker. See cruiser. 



Lapwood. Tops left in the woods in logging. 



Lash Pole. A cross pole which holds logs together in 

 a raft. 



Lazy Haul. See jigger. 



Lead. A snatch block with a hook or loop for fasten- 

 ing it to convenient stationary objects, used for guid- 

 ing the cable by which logs are dragged. 



Lead Line. A wire rope, with an eye at each end, used 

 to anchor the snatch block in setting a lead. 



Lead Log. See brow skid. Head log. 



Lightning Landing. See landing. 



Limb. To remove the limbs from a felled tree. 



