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Decker, n. One who rolls logs upon a skid way or log deck. (Gen.) 



Decking chain. See Loading chain. 



Deck. up, to. To pile logs upon a skidway. (Gen.) 



Deer foot. A V-shaped iron catch on the side of a logging car, in which the bind- 

 ing chain is fastened. (Gen.) 



Dehorn, v. To saw off the ends of logs bearing the owner's mark and put on a new 

 mark . ( Kentucky . ) 



Dingle, n. The roofed-over space between the kitchen and the sleeping quarters 

 in a logging camp, commonly used as a storeroom. (N. W., L. S. ) 



Dinkey, n. A small logging locomotive. (App., S. F. ) 



Dog, n. A short, heavy piece of steel, bent and pointed at one end and with an eye 

 or ring at the other. It is used for many purposes in logging, and is sometimes so 

 shaped that a blow directly against the line of draft will loosen it. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : tail hook. (P. C. F.) 



Dog 'boat. See Rigging sled. 



Dogger, n. One who attaches the dogs or hooks to a log before it is steam skidded. 

 (S. F., P. C. F.) 



Dog hook. 1. The strong hook on the end of a dogwarp. (N. F. ) 



2. A hook on the end of a haul-up chain of a size to permit its being hooked 

 into a link of the chain when the latter is looped around a log or other object. 

 (P. C. F.) 



Dogs, n. See Skidding tongs. 



Dogwarp, n. A rope with a strong hook on the end, which is used in breaking 

 dangerous jams on falls and rapids and in moving logs from other difficult posi- 

 tions. (N. F.) 



Dog wedge. An iron wedge with a ring in the butt, which is driven into the end 

 of a log and a chain hitched in the ring for skidding the log by horsepower; also 

 used in gathering up logs on a drive by running a rope through the rings and pull- 

 ing a number of logs at a time through marshes or partially submerged meadows 

 to the channel. (N. F.) 



Dolly, n. See Upright roller. 



Dolphin, n. A cluster of piles to which a boom is secured. (P. C. F. ) 



Donkey, n. A portable steam engine, equipped with drum and cable, used in steam 

 logging. See Road donkey ; Yarding donkey; Bull donkey; Spool donkey. (P. C. F. ) 



Donkey sled. ' The heavy sled-like frame upon which a donkey engine is fastened. 

 (P.C.F.) 



Dote, n. The general term used by lumbermen to denote decay or rot in timber. 



(Gen.) 

 Doty, a. Decayed. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: dozy. 



Double couplers. Two coupling grabs joined by a short cable, used for fastening 



logs together. (P. C. F. ) 

 Syn. : four paws. 

 Double header. A place from which it is possible to haul a full load of logs to the 



landing, and where partial loads are topped out or finished to the full hauling 



capacity of teams. (N. W., L. S. ) 

 Down-hill clevis. A brake on a logging sled, consisting of a clevis encircling the 



runner, to the bottom of which a heavy square piece of iron is welded. (N. F. ) 

 Dozy, a. See Doty. 



