WORDS AND PHRASES 503 



Ail-gin Forest. See First Growth. 



Volume Table. A tabular statement of the volume of 

 trees in board feet or other units upon the basis of 

 their diameter breasthigh, their diameter breast- 

 high and height, their age, or their age and height. 



Volunteer Growth. Old field growth. Young trees 

 which have sprung up in the open, as pine in old fields 

 or cherry and aspen in burns. 



Wagon Sled. See Logging Sled. 



Wanigan. A houseboat used as sleeping quarters or as 

 kitchen and dining room by river drivers. 



Water Ladder. Pole guides up and down which a barrel 

 slides in filling a sprinkler by horsepower. 



Water Slide. See Flume. 



AVedge a Tree. To topple over with wedges a tree that 

 is being felled. 



Weed Tree. A tree of a species which has little or no 

 value. 



Wet Slide. See Flume. 



Whiffletree Xet-kyoke. A heavy logging neckyoke, to the 

 end of which short whiffletrees are attached by rings. 

 From the ends of the whiffletrees wide straps run to 

 the breeching, thus giving the team added power in 

 holding back loads on steep slopes. 



White Water Man. A log driver who is expert in break- 

 ing jams on rapids or falls. 



AVidow ^Maker. A broken limb hanging loose in the top 

 of a tree, which in its fall may injure a man below. 

 Or a breaking cable. 



AA'igwani. Trees lodged in such a way that they support 

 each other. 



AVindbreak. The breaking of trees by wind. 



AA'indfall. A tree thrown by wind. An area on which 

 the trees have been thrown by wind. 



AA'indfirm. Able to withstand heavy wind. 



AVindshake. See Shake. 



AVindslash. See Windfall. 



AA'ing I>ani. See Pier Dam. 



AA'ing Jam. A jam which is formed against an obstacle 

 in the stream and slants upstream until the upper end 

 rests solidly against one shore, with an open channel 

 for the passage of logs on the opposite side. 



AA'oodland. See Forest. 



AVoodlot. See Forest. 



AA'oodpeeker. A poor chopper. 



AA'orking. The harvesting of the final yield under a 

 working plan. Working is annual when cuttings are 

 made each year; periodic when they are made after 



