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is carried one end of a load of logs. The opposite ends of the logs are sup- 
ported on a similar truck, a gooseneck often being omitted. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: truck. 
Logging wheels. A pair of wheels from 7 to 12 feet in diameter, for trans- 
porting logs. (Gen.) 
Syn.: katydid, shp-tongue cart, sulky, timber wheels (Gen.), big wheels. 
(Cal.) 
Log hauler. A steam or gasoline power engine with a .special traction device 
wliich is used in place of horses to haul logging sleds. (N. F.) 
Sj^n.: caterpillar. (E. C.) 
Log maker. See Bucker. 
Log scale. The contents of a log, or of a number of logs considered collec- 
tively. (Gen.) 
Log sorter. See Mark caller. 
Log spur. See Spur. 
Log stamp. See Marking hammer. 
Log, to. To cut logs and deliver them at a place from which they can be 
transported by water or rail, to the mill. (Gen.) 
Log watch. See Head driver. 
Long butt, to. See Butt off, to. 
Lookout. See Signal man. 
Loose-tongued sloop. See Swing dingle. 
Lop, V. To cut the limbs from a felled tree. (Gen.) 
Syn.: top-lop. (E. C.) 
Lot, 11. A piece of standing timber, small in area. (N. F.) 
Lubber lift, to. To rai.se the end of a log by means of a pry, and through the 
use of weight instead of strength. (N. F.) 
Lug hooks. A pair of tongs attached to the middle of a short bar, and used 
by two men to carry small logs. (Gen.) 
Syn.: timber carrier, timber grapple. 
Lumber, v. To log or to manufacture logs into lumber, or both. (Gen.) 
Lumberjack, n. One who works in a logging camp. (Gen.) 
Syn.: timber beast, woodhick (App., N. W.), logger (P. C. F.), shanty 
man. (E. C.) 
Lumberman, n. One engaged in lumbering. (Gen.) 
Main line. See Skyhne. 
Mark, n. A letter or sign indicating owmership, which is stamped on the 
ends of logs. (Gen.) See Bark mark. 
Syn.: brand, end mark. 
Mark caller. In sorting logs, one who stands at the lower end of the sorting 
jack and calls the different marks, so that the logs may be guided into the 
proper channels or pockets. (Gen.) 
Syn.: log sorter. (N. W.) 
Marker, n. 1. One who puts the mark on the ends of logs. (Gen.) 
2. One who marks boles into log lengths for buckers. (Cal.) 
Market, n. A log 19 inches in diameter at the small end and 13 feet long. 
(New York.) See Quebec standard. 
Syn.: standard. ' 
