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Glisse skids. Freshly peeled skids up wliich logs are slid instead of rolled 
when being loaded. (N. F.) 
Syn. : shp skids. 
Glut, n. A wooden wedge used in tie makmg. (S. F.) 
Go-back road. A road upon which empty logging sleds can return to the 
skidways for reloading, without meeting the loaded sleds en route to the 
landing. (N. F.) 
Syn.: short road. 
Go-devil. A small sled, without a tongue, often made from the natural fork 
of a tree and used as an aid in skidding logs on stony or bare ground. 
(L. S., N. F.) 
Syn.: alhgator, crazy dray (S. F.), crotch, travois (L. S., N. F.) 
Gooseneck, n. 1. A wooden bar used to couple two logging trucks. (Gen.) 
Syn.: rooster (P. C. F.) 
2. The point of draft on a logging sled; it consists of a curved iron hook 
bolted to the roll. (N. F.) 
Syn.: draw hook. 
3. A V-shaped pair of thiUs joining the forward and rear sets of runners 
of a logging sled. (N. W.) 
4. A curved iron driven into the bottom of a shde to check the speed of 
descending logs. (App., R. M. F.) 
Syn.: scotch, sprag. (App.) 
5. See Yoke. 
Goosepen. A large hole burned in a standing tree. (P. C. F.) 
Gopher, n. 1. One who makes a hole under a load of logs so that the chains 
on a pair of logging wheels can be placed around it. (Cal.) 
2. In power logging, one who chgs holes under the log so that a choker 
can be adjusted on it. (Cal.) 
Syn.: choker-hole digger, swamper. 
Grab-driver. One who attaches couphng grabs to a turn of logs. (App.) 
Grab hook. A hook having a narrow throat, adapted to grasp any link of 
a chain. (Gen.) 
Grab link. See Slip grab. 
Grabs, n. See Skidding tongs. 
Grab setter. One who attaches the grabs when logs are transported on 
logging wheels. (S. F.) 
Grab skipper. A short iron pry or hammer, used to remove the skidding 
tongs from a log. (App., S. F.) 
Grapples, n. 1. Two small iron dogs joined by a short chain, and used to 
couple logs end to end when skidding on mountains, so that several logs 
may be skidded by one horse at the same time. (N. F.) 
Syn.: chain grapples, couphng grab (P. C. F.), trail dog (R. M. F.). 
2. See Skidding tongs. 
Grass line. See Straw hne. 
Gravel a dam, to. To cover with gravel or earth the upstream side of the 
timber work of a dam, to make it water tight. (N. F.) 
Greaser, n. 1. One who applies skid grease to a chute. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) 
Syn.: chute greaser, skid greaser. 
2. See Chore boy. 
