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End mark. See Mark. 



Estimate, v. See Cruise. 



Estinlator, n. See Cruiser. 



Face log". See Head log. 



Fuller, 71. One who fells trees. (Gen.) /S^'e Head faller; Second faller. 



Syn.: sawyer (Gen.), chopper (App.). 

 Falling- ax. An ax with a long helve and a long, narrow bit, designed especially 



for felling trees. (Gen. ) 

 Falling- wedge. A wedge used to throw a tree in the desired direction, by driving 



it into the saw kerf. (Gen.) 

 Feeder, n. See Barn boss. 

 Fender boom. See Shear boom. 



Fender skid. A skid placed on the lower side of a skidding trail on a slope to hold 

 the log on the trail while being skidded. (Gen. ) 

 Syn . : breastwork log, glancer, shear skid. 

 Fid hook. A slender, flat hook used to keep another hook from slipping on a chain. 



(N. W., L. S.) 

 Filer, n. One who files the crosscut saws in the woods. (Gen.) 



Syn. : saw fitter. 

 Fitter, n. 1 . One who notches the tree for felling and after it is felled marks the 

 log lengths into which it is to be cut. (N. F. ) 



2. One who cuts limbs from felled trees and rings and slits the bark preparatory 

 to peeling tan bark. (N. F. ) 

 Float, V. See Drive. 

 Float road. A channel cleared in a swamp and used to float cypress logs from the 



woods to the boom at the river or mill. (S. F.) 

 Flood, V. See Splash. 

 Flood dam. See Splash dam. 

 Flume, V. To transport logs or timbers by a flume. (Gen. ) 



Syn.: sluice. 

 Flume, n. An inclined trough in which water runs, used in transporting logs or 

 timbers. (Gen.) 



Syn. : sluice, water slide, wet slide. 

 Flunkey, n. 1. An assistant, usually either to the engineer of a donkey engine or 

 to the cook in a logging camp. (P. C. F. ) 

 2. See Chore boy. 

 Flying- drive. A drive the main portion of which is put through with the utmost 



dispatch, without stopping to pick rear. (N. F. ) 

 Fly roUway. A skidway or landing on a steep slope, from which the logs are 



released at once by removing the brace which holds them. (N. F. ) 

 Fore-and-aft road. A skid road made of logs placed parallel to its direction, mak- 

 ing the road resemble a chute. (P. C. F. ) 

 Syn. : stringer road. 

 Four paws. See Double couplers. 

 Frog, n. 1. The junction of two branches of a flume. (P. C. F. ) 



2. A timber placed at the mouth of a slide to direct the discharge of the logs. 

 (Gen.) Syn.: throw out. 

 Full scale. Measurement of logs, in which no reduction is made for defects. 

 (Gen). 

 Syn. : bigness scale. (N. F.) 



