TERMS USED IN LOGGING 485 
Flunkey, n. 1. An assistant to the cook in a logging camp. (P. C. F.) 
2. See Cookee; Chore boy. 
Flying drive. A drive the main portion of which is put through with the 
utmost dispatch, without stopping to pick rear. (N. F.) 
Flying machine. See Cableway skidder. 
Fly road. .See Tote road. 
Flying machine. See Cableway skidder. 
Fly rollway. A skidway or landing on a steep slo[)e, from which the logs are 
released at once by removing the brace which holds them. (N. F.) 
Fore-and-aft road. A skid road made of logs placed parallel to its direction, 
making the road resemble a chute. (P. C. F.) 
Syn. : pole chute^ stringer road. 
Four paws. See Double couplers. 
Free, 71. 1. A steel blade, 6 or 7 inches long, with a wooden handle at right 
angles to the blade. It is used to rive shakes and split staves from bolts. 
(Gen.) 
2. An iron wedge used in si)litting logs. (Gen.) 
3. A contemptuous term applicfl to a dull ax. (App.) 
Frog, n. 1. The junction of two branches of a flume. (P. C. F.) 
2. The junction of two branches of a chute; also any y)lace where an 
opening is made in a chute to permit the yarding of logs into it. (Cal.) 
3. A timber placed at the mouth of a sHde to direct the discharge of the 
logs. (Gen.) 
Syn.: throw out. 
Frogger, n. See Sled tender. 
Frog shoveler. A member of a chute crew or a yarding crew who cleans out 
dirt and bark at frogs. (Cal.) 
Front, n. The point at which logging on a particular oiieration is being 
conducted. (Texas.) 
Full scale. Measurement of logs, in which no reduction is made for defects. 
(Gen.) 
Syn.: bigness scale. (N. F.) 
Gaff, n. The steel point of a pike pole, consisting of a screw point and a 
spur. (Gen.) 
Gangway, n. The inclined plane up which logs are moved from the water 
into a .sawmill. (Gen.) 
Syn. : jack ladder, log jack, log way, slip. 
Gap stick. The pole placed across the entrance of a sorting jack to close it, 
when not in use. (Gen.) 
Gee throw. A heavy, wooden lever, with a curved iron point, used to break 
out logging sleds. (N. F.) 
Syn.: starting bar. 
Gill-poke. A swinging-arm type of log car unloader. (P. C. F.) 
Gin pole. A pole .secured by guy ropes, to the top of which tackle for loading 
logs is fastened. (Gen.) 
Glancer, n. See Fender skid. 
Glancing boom. See Sheer boom. 
