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Spiked skid. A skid in which spikes are inserted in order to keep logs from sHding 

 back when being loaded or piled. (Gen. ) 



Splash, V. To drive logs by releasing a head of water confined by a splash dam. 

 (Gen). 

 Syn. : flood, sluice. 



Splash hoards. Boards placed temporarily on top of a rolling dam to heighten the 

 dam, and thus to increase the head of water available for river driving. (N. F.) 



Splash dam. A dam built to store a head of water for driving logs. (Gen. ) 

 Syn.: flood dam. (Gen.) 



Split roof. A roof of a logging camp or barn made by laying strips split from 

 straight-grained timber. The strips run from the ridge pole to the eaves, and 

 break the joints with other strips, as in a shingle roof. (N. F. ) 



Spool donkey. A donkey engine for winding cable, equipped with a spool or cap- 

 stan, instead of a drum. (P. C. F. ) 



Spool tender. One who guides the cable on a spool donkey. (P. C. F.) 



Spot, V. See Blaze. 



Spring' hoard. A short board, shod at one end with an iron calk, which is in- 

 serted in a notch cut in a tree, on which the faller stands while felling the tree. 

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



Spring' pole. 1. A springy pole attached to the tongue of a logging sled and pass- 

 ing over the roll and under the beam, for holding the weight of the tongue off 

 the horses' necks. (N. F. ) 



2. A device for steadying a crosscut saw, so that one man can use it instead of 

 two. (P. C.F.) 



Sprinkler, n. A large wooden tank from which water is sprinkled over logging 

 roads during freezing weather in order to ice the surface. (N. W., L. S. ) 

 Syn. : tank. 



Sprinkler sleds. The sleds upon which the sprinkler is mounted. They consist 

 of two sleds whose runners turn up at each end, fastened together by cross chains, 

 and each having a pole, in order that the sprinkler may be hauled in either 

 direction without turning around. (N. F. ) 



Spud, n. A tool for removing bark. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : barking iron. 



Spudder, n. See Barker. 



Stag, V. To cut off trousers at the knee, or boots at the ankle. (N. F., P. C. F. ) 



Standard, n. See Market. 



Starting har. See Gee throw. 



Stay hoom. A boom fastened to a main boom and attached upstream to the shore 

 to give added strength to the main boom. (Gen.) 



Steam hauler. A geared locomotive used to haul loaded logging sleds over an ice 

 road. It is equipped with a spiked metal belt which runs over sprocket wheels 

 replacing the driving wheels, and is guided by a sled, turned by a steering wheel, 

 upon which the front end rests. (N. F. ) 



Steam jammer. See Steam loader. 



Steam loader. A machine operated by steam and used for loading logs upon cars. 

 (Gen.) 

 Syn. : loader, steam jammer. 

 Steam skidder. See Skidder. 

 Stem winder. See Corkscrew. 



