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windfalls and also other down timber which may interfere with yarding. 
(P. C. F.) 
Chunk up, to. 1. To collect and pile for burning the slash left after logging. 
(N. W., L. S.) 
2. In burning brush, to throw upon the fire the unburned pieces around 
the edge of the pile. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: chuck up. to. 
Chum butted. See Swell butted. 
Chute, n. A trough built of round timbers in which log.s are transported up 
or down a grade, either by animal power or by gravity. (E. C, P. C. F.) 
Syn.: sUde, flume. 
Chute boat. See Rigging sled. 
Chute grease. A heavy oil applied to skids to lessen the frictional resistance 
of logs dragged over them. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: skid grease. 
Chute greaser. See Greaser. 
Cinch line. See Swifter. 
Coal off, to. To cut a forest clean for charcoal wood. (N. F.) 
Coffee mill. See corkscrew. 
Commissary, n. A general store for supplying lumbermen. (App., S. F.) 
See Van. 
Conk, n. 1. The decay in the wood of trees caused by a fungus. (N. F., 
P. C. F.) 
2. The visible fruiting organ of a tree fungus. (N. F., P. C. F.) 
Conky, a. Affected by conk. (N. F , P. C. F.) 
Connected truck. See Skeleton log car. 
Contramarque. See Bark mark. 
Cook camp. The building used as kitchen and dining room in a logging 
camp. (Gen.) 
Syn. : cook house, cook shanty. 
Cookee, n. A cook's helper and a dishwasher in a logging camp. (Gen.) 
See Flunky. 
Cook house. See Cook camp. 
Cook shanty. See Cook camp. 
Corduroy, v. To build a corduroy road. (Gen.) 
Corduroy road. A roadway having logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy 
places. (Gen.) 
Corkscrew, n. A geared logging locomotive. (P. C. F.) 
Sj-n.: coffee mill (N. W.), stem winder, thousand legs (App.). 
Corner, v. In felling timber, to cut through the sapwood on all sides to pre- 
vent the latter from splitting. (App.) 
Comer binds. Four stout chains, used on logging sleds, to bind the two 
outside logs of the lower tier to the bunks, and thus give a firm bottom 
to the load. (N. F.) 
Corner man. In building a camp or barn of logs, one who notches the logs 
so that they will fit closely and make a square corner. (N. F.) 
Coupling grab. See Grapples. 
Cover up logs, to. To fell trees on top of those already cut. (N. F.) 
