TERMS USED IN LOGGING 497 
Pin worm holes. Small holes in timber and lumber made by the larvae of 
certain beetles. (Gen.) 
Pit, n. A skidway elevated so that its base is level witli tlio logging car bunks. 
(App.) 
Pitch pocket. In coniferous woods, an ojjcning between the annual growth 
rings containing pitch. (Gen.) 
Syn.: pitch seam. (P. C. F.) 
Pitch seam. See Pitch pocket. 
Pitch streak. In coniferous woods, a well-defined accumulation of pitch at 
one point. (Gen.) 
Plug, n. A steel pin about 2 inches in diameter and 18 inches long. Two of 
the plugs are joined together bj^ chains which are attached to a large ring. 
They are used on pullboat operations in a cypress swamp in place of skid- 
ding tongs. (S. F.) 
Sj-n. : puppy. 
Plug and knock down. A device for fastening boom sticks together, in the 
absence of chains. It consists of a withe secured by wooden plugs in 
holes bored in the booms. (N. F.) 
Pocket boom. A boom in which logs are held after they are sorted. (Gen.) 
Point, r. See Gun. 
Pokelogan, n. A bay or pocket into wliich logs may float during a drive. 
(N. W., L. S.) 
Syn.: logan, set-back. 
Pole chute. See Fore-and-aft road. 
Pole tie. A tie made from a stick of timber yielding only one tie. (Gen.) 
Pole tram road. A logging road, the rails of which are round poles. (App., 
S. F.) 
Pontoon. See Catamaran. 
Potter, ti. A round stick, 3 or 4 inches in diameter and 2§ or 3 feet long, 
around the center of which is fitted an iron clasp to which is fastened a 
short piece of chain with a hook on the free end. It is used when loading 
logging sleds to prevent logs from rolling off the far side of the load until 
binding chains are placed in position. (N. W.) 
Pouch, n. A French term applied derisively by lumber jacks to woods 
workers who shift from camp to camp. (N. W.) See Camp inspector. 
Preparer, n. See Fitter. 
Prime log. In the export market, one that is free from defects. (Gen.) 
Prize logs. Logs which come to the sorting jack without marks denoting 
ownership. (N. F.) See Stray. 
Prop, n. In mining, a round, squared, or split timber which supports the cap 
and lagging or which is placed directly under the roof to support the same 
without a cap or lagging. (Gen.) 
Pull back. See Haul back. 
Pullboat A flatboat, carrjdng a steam skidder or a donkey, used in logging 
cypress. (S. F.) 
Pull the briar, to. To use a croi?s-cut saw. (N. F.) 
Puppy, 71. See Plug. 
Push. See Camp foreman. 
