TERMS USED IN LOGGING 483 
Dump hook. A levered chain grab hook attached to the evener to which a 
team is hitched in loading logs. A movement of the lever releases the 
hook from the logging (;hain without stopping the team. (N. F.) 
Dump logs, to. To roll logs over a bluff, or from a logging car or sled into 
the water. (Gen.) 
Dumiage, n. 1. Sawmill refuse, used to ballast logging railroad spurs in a 
cypress swamp. (S. F.) 
Syn. : dust. 
2. See Duffle. 
Dunnage bag. See Duffle bag. 
Dust, a. See Dunnage. 
Dust a dam, to. To fill with earth or gravel the cracks or small holes 
between planks in the gate of a splash dam. (N. W.) 
Duster, n. A dead standing yellow-pine tree with a sound heart. (S. F.) 
Dutchman, n. A short stick placed transversely between the outer logs of 
a load to divert the load toward the middle and so keep any logs from 
falling off. (N. F.) 
Earth slide. A furrow in the earth in which logs are dragged. This is some- 
times iced in winter to facilitate skidding. (App.) See Gutter road. 
End mark. See Mark. 
Estimate, v. See Cruise. 
Estimator, n. See Cruiser. 
Face log. See Head log. 
Fairleader. A device consisting of four rollers or sheave wheels arranged in 
pairs, the axes of each pair being at right angles to each other. It is placed 
on a support on the front end of a donkey sled and gives the cable a straight 
lead onto the drum. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: dolly. (P. C. F.) 
Faller, n. One who fells trees. (Gen.) See Head faller; Second faller. 
Syn.: chopper (App.), sawyer (Gen.), cutter, flathead (S. F.) 
Falling ax. An ax with a long helve and a long, narrow bit, designed espe- 
cially for felling trees. (Gen.) 
Falling crew. A crew of two or three fallers. (Cal.) 
Syn.: falUng set, pair of fallers (P. C. F.) 
Falling irons. See Falling plates. 
Falling plates. Thin, wide plates of iron which are placed above and below 
faUing wedges when the wood is so soft that the wedges cut into it. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: falling irons. 
Falling set. See FaUing crew. 
Falling wedge. A wedge used to throw a tree in the desired direction, by 
driving it into the saw kerf. (Gen.) 
Fantail, v. To lay out radial runs for pullboat logging, each main run having 
one or more branches. (S. F.) 
Fatwood. See Lightwood. 
Feeder, n. See Barn boss. 
Fence boom. A patent log-towing boom used at one time on the Great Lakes. 
(E. C.) 
Fender boom. See Sheer boom. 
