48 TEEMS USED IN EOKESTRY AND LOGGING. 



Slip ^rab. A pear-shaped link attached by a swivel to a skidding evener or whiffle- 

 tree, through which the skidding chain is passed. The chain rans freely when 

 the slip grab is held sideways, but catches when the grab is straight. (N. F. ) 

 Syn. : grab link. 



Slipper, n. See Rosser. 



Slip skids. See Glisse skids. 



Sloop, n. See Dray. 



Sloop log"S, to. To haul logs down steep slopes on a dray or sloop equipped with a 

 tongue, (N. F.) 



Slough pig'. Usually a second-rate river driver who is assigned to picking logs out 

 of sloughs in advance of the rear. (N. F.) 



Sluice, V. 1. See Flume. 



2. To float logs through the sluiceway of a splash dam. (N. F. ) 



3. >S'ee Splash. 

 Sluice, n. See Flume. 



Sluice g'ate. The gate closing a sluiceway in a splash dam. (Gen. ) 



Sluiceway, n. The opening in a splash dam through which logs pass. (Gen. ) 



Snake, r. See Skid. 



Snaking- trail. See Gutter road. 



Snatch team. See Tow team. 



Snih, V. In river driving, to be carried away purposely, but ostensibly by accident, 



on the first portion of a jam that moves; to ride away from work under guise of 



being accidentally carried off. (N. W., L. S. ) 



Snipe, V. See Nose. 



Sniper, n. One who noses logs before they are skidded. (Gen.) 



Snow a road, to. To cover bare spots in a logging road with snow, to facilitate the 



passage of sleds. (N. F.) 

 Snow slide. A temporary slide on a steep slope, made by dragging a large log 



through deep snow which is soft or thawing; when frozen solidly, it may be used 



to slide logs to a point where they can be reached by sleds. (N. W.) 

 Snub, V. To check, usually by means of a snub line, the speed of logging sleds or 



logs on steep slopes, or of a log raft. (Gen. ) 

 Softwood, a. As applied to trees and logs, needle-leafed, coniferous. (Gen.) 

 Softwood, n. A needle-leafed, or coniferous, tree. (Gen.) 

 Solid jam. 1. In river driving, a jam formed solidly and extending from bank ^o 



bank of a stream. (N. F. ) 



2. A drive is said to be "in a solid jam" when the stream is full of logs from 



the point to Avhich the rear is cleared to the mill, sorting jack, or storage boom. 



(N. F.) 

 Sorting" boom. A strong boom used to guide logs into the sorting jack, to both 



sides of which it is usually attached. (Gen.) 

 Sorting gap. See Sorting jack. 

 Sorting jack. A raft, secured in a stream, through an opening in which logs pass 



to be sorted by their marks and diverted into pocket booms or the downstream 



channel. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : sorting gap. 

 Spanish windlass. A device for moving heavy objects in logging. It consists of a 



rope or chain, wdthin a turn of which a lever is inserted and power gained by 



twisting. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: twister. 



