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Fender skid. A skid placed on tiie lower side of a skidding trail on a slope 
to liold the log on the trail while being skidded. (Gen.) 
Syn. : breastwork log, glancer, sheer skid. 
Fiddle butts. Large spruce butt logs suitable for the manufacture of musical 
instruments. (N. W.) 
Fid hook. A slender, flat hook used to keep another hook from slipping on a 
chain. (N. W., L. S.) 
File a saw, to. See Fit a saw, to. 
Filer, n. One who files the cross-cut saws in the woods. (Gen.) 
Syn. : saw fitter. 
Fin boom. A form of boom used on navigable streams (where permanent 
booms are not allowed) to direct logs from one side of the stream to the 
other. By changing the angle between the fins attached on the down- 
stream face of the boom and the boom itself the latter may be thrown 
across the stream at any angle less than 90 degrees. (Gen.) 
Syn.: rudder boom. (P. C. F.) 
Firm red heart. Firm heartwood which has a reddish color due to decayed 
wood adjacent to it. It is an incipient stage of red rot. (S. F.) 
Syn.: red heart. 
Fish plate. A narrow bar of steel having from four to six holes through which 
bolts may be inserted. Two fish plates are used to join steel rails at the 
joints, one plate being placed against each side of the web and both bolted 
to it. (Gen.) 
Fit, V. 1. To notch a tree for falling and after it is felled to mark it into 
the log lengths into which it is to be cut. (N. F.) 
2. To ring, spht, and peel tanbark. (N. F.) 
Fit a saw, to. To put it into proper condition for sawing. (Gen.) 
Syn. : file a saw, to. 
Fitter, n. 1. One who notches the tree for felling and after it is felled marks 
the log lengths into which it is to be cut. (N. F.) 
2. One who cuts Umbs from felled trees and rings and sHts the bark pre- 
paratory to peeling tanbark. (N. F.) 
Syn. : preparer. 
Flagman, n. One who transmits orders from the tong hooker to the steam 
skidder leverman. (S. F.) 
Flathead. .See Faller. 
Float, V. See Drive. 
Float road. A channel cleared in a swamp and used to float cypress logs from 
the woods to the boom at the river or mill. (S. F.) 
Syn. : creek, driving road. 
Flood, V. See Splash. 
Flood dam. See Splash dam. 
Flume, V. To transport logs or timbers by a flume. (Gen.) 
Syn.: sluice. 
Flume, n. A trough in which water runs, used in transporting logs, lumber 
or timbers. (Gen.) 
Syn.: chute (E. C.), sluice, water slide, wet slide. ^ 
