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Put in, to. In logging, to deliver logs at the landing. (Gen.) 
Quarter tie. A tie made from a stick of timber j-ielding four or more ties- 
(S. F.) 
Quebec deal. See Deal. 
Quebec standard. A wliite pine log 22 inches in diameter, inside bark, at 
the small end and 12 feet long. A spruce or balsam log 14 inches in diam- 
eter inside bark at small end and 12 feet long. (E. C.) See Market. 
Quickwater, n. That part of a stream which has fall enough to create a 
decided current. (Gen.) 
Syn.: white water. (N. W.) 
Ant. : stiUwater. 
Raft bundle. Logs bound together into a circular unit for towing. (S. F.) 
Rafter dam. A dam in which long timbers are set on the upstream side at 
an angle of from 20 to 40 degrees to the water surface. The pressure 
of the water against the timbers holds the dam solidly against the stream 
bed. (N. F.) 
Sj^n. : self-loacUng dam, slant dam. 
Rafting dog. A wedge-shaped piece of metal with a ring or eye in the blunt 
end. Dogs are driven into boom sticks and often into the timbers being 
rafted, the raft members being held together bj^ chains, cables, or rope, 
passed through the rings or ej^es. 
Rafting pin. A round or wedge-shaped wooden pin used to wedge cable in 
the rafting pin holes on a raft. (Gen.) 
Rag a wedge, to. To roughen the surface of a wooden wedge with an ax to 
prevent it from jumping out of the saw cut in frozen timber. (E. C.) 
Ram pike. A tree broken off by wind and with a splintered end on the 
portion left standing. N. F.) 
Rank, v. To haul and pile regularly, as, to rank bark or cord wood. (Gen.) 
Ranking bar. See Handbarrow. 
Ranking jumper. A wood-.shod sled upon which tanbark is hauled. (N. F.) 
Syn.: bark dray. (App.) 
Ratline, n. A rope through which at intervals small pins are driven into the 
logs which are to compose a raft joint. Its purpose is to hold the logs 
together until the boom poles can be adjusted. (E. C.) 
Syn.: ratthng line. 
Rattling line. See Ratline. 
Rave, 11. A piece of iron or wood which secures the beam to the runners of 
a logging sled. (N. W., L. S.) 
Rawhide, v. To carry on one's back. Usually appUed to the carrj'ing of 
tanbark. (App.) 
Rear, n. The up-stream end of a drive; the logs may be either stranded or 
floating. " Floating rear " comprises those logs which may be floated 
back into the current; " dry rear," those which must be dragged or rolled 
back. (Gen.) 
Syn.: tail end. (N. W.) 
Receiving boom. See Storage boom. 
Red heart. See Firm red heart. 
