42 TERMS USED IX FORESTRY AXD LOGGIXG. 



Log" deck. The platform upon a loading jack. (Gen.) 



Lo^ dump. See Landing. 



Log" fixer. See Rosser, 



Logg-er, 11. One engaged in logging. 



Logging sled. The heavy double sled used to haul logs from the skidway or yard 

 to the landing. (X. F. ) 



8yn. : twin sleds, two sleds, wagon sled. 



Loggliig-sled road. A road, leading from the skidway to the landing. (X. F. ) 



Logging ATlieels. A pair of wheels, usually about 10 feet in diameter, for trans- 

 porting logs. (Gen.) 



Syn. : big wheels, katydid, timber wheels. 



Log jack. See Gangway. 



Log scale. The contents of a log, or of a number of logs considered collectively. 

 (Gen.) 



Log, to. To cut logs and deliver them at a place from which they can be transported 

 by water or rail, or, less frequently, at the mill. (Gen.) 



Log watch. See Head driver. 



Log way, n. See Gangway. 



Long l)ntt, to. See Butt off, to. 



Loose-tongiied sloop. See Swing dingle. 



Lubber lift, to. To raise the end of a log by means of a pry, and through the use 

 of weight instead of strength. (X. F. ) 



Lug hooks. A pair of tongs attached to the middle of a short bar, and used by two 

 men to carry small logs. (Gen. ) 



Lumber, v. To log, or to manufacture logs into lumber, or both. (Gen.) 



Lumberjack, n. One who works in a logging camp. (Gen. ) 



Lumberman, n. One engaged in lumbering. (Gen.) 



Mark. //. A letter or sign indicating ownership, which is stamped on the ends of 

 logs. (Gen.) .S'fe Bark mark. 

 Syn. : brand, end mark. 



Mark caller. In- sorting logs, one who stands at the lower end of the sorting jack 

 and calls the different marks, so that the logs may be guided into the proper chan- 

 nels or pockets. (Gen.) 



Marker, 7^. One who puts the mark on the end of logs. (Gen. ) 



Market, n. A log 19 inches in diameter at the small end and 13 feet long. (Xew 

 York.) 



Syn.: standard. 



Marking hammer. A hammer bearing a raised device which is stamped on logs, to 

 indicate ownership. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : marking iron. 



Marking iron. See Marking hammer. 



Match, V. See Mate. 



Mate, V. To place together in a raft logs of similar size. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : match. 



Mill pond. The pond near a sawmill in which logs to be sawn are held. (Gen.) 



Monitor. See Catamaran. 



Moss, V. To fill with moss the crevices between the logs in a logging camp. (X. F. ) 



Mud, V. To fill with soft clay the crevices between the logs in a logging camp. ( X. F. ) 



