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Mudboat, n. A low sled with wide runners, used for hauling logs in swamps. 



(S. F., N. F.) 

 Mudsill, n. The bed piece or bottom timber of a dam which is placed across the 



stream, usually resting on rocks or in mud. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : bottom sill. 

 Nick, n. See Undercut. 

 Nose, V. To round off the end of a log in order to make it drag or slip more easily. 



(Gen.) 

 Syn. : snipe. 

 Notch, V. To make an undercut in a tree preparatory to felling it. (Cxen. ) 



Syn.: undercut. 

 Notch, 7i. AS'ee Undercut. 

 Peaker, n. 1. A load of logs narrowing sharply toward the top, and thus shaped 



like an inverted V. (Gen.) 

 2. The top log of a load. (Gen. ) 

 Peavey, n. A stout lever 5 to 7 feet long, fitted at the larger end with a metal 



socket and pike and a curved steel hook which works on a bolt; used in handling 



logs, especially in driving. A peavey differs from a cant hook in having a pike 



instead of a toe ring and lip at the end. (Gen. ) 

 Pecky, a. A term applied to an unsoundness most common in bald cypress. (S. F, ) 



Syn.: peggy. 

 Peeler, n. See Barker. 

 Peggy, a. See Pecky. 

 Pickaroon, n. A piked pole fitted with a curved hook, used in holding boats to 



jams in driving, and for pulling logs from brush and eddies out into the current. 



(Gen.) 

 Pick the rear, to. See Sack the rear, to. 

 Pier dam. A pier built from the shore, usually slanting downstream, to narrow 



and deepen the channel, to guide logs past an obstruction, or to throw all the water 



on one side of an island. (N, F.) 

 Syn. : wing dam. 

 Pig, n. See Kigging sled. 

 Pig tail. An iron device driven into trees or stumps to support a wire or si^all 



rope. (P. C. F.) 

 Pike pole. A piked pole, 12 to 20 feet long, used in river driving. (Gen.) 

 Pitch pocket. A cavity in wood filled with resin. (P. C. F., E. M. F.) 

 Pitch streak. A seam or shake filled with resin, (Gen.) 

 Plug and knock down. A device for fastening boom sticks together, in the absence 



of chains. It consists of a withe secured by wooden plugs in holes bored in the 



booms. (N. F.) 

 Pocket hoom. A boom in which logs are held after they are sorted. (Gen, ) 

 Point, V. See Gun. 

 Pokelogan, n, A bay or pocket into which logs may float off during a drive. 



(N. W.,L. S.) 

 Syn: logan. 

 Pond man. One who collects logs in the mill pond and floats them to the gangway. 



(Gen,) 

 Pontoon. See Catamaran, 



