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Run cutter. One wlio clears narrow trails which radiate from a pullhoat or 
from a head-spar tree, down which logs are hauled by a i)owcr skiddcr. 
(S. F.) 
Runner chain. A chain bound loosely around the forward end of the run- 
ners of a logging sled as a brake. (N. W., L. S.) 
Runner dog. A curved iron attached to a runner of the hind sled of a log- 
ging sled, which holds the loaded sled on steep hills by being forced into 
the bed of the road by any backward movement. (N. F.) 
Running slide. A slide on which logs run by gravity. (App.) 
Runway. See Gutter road. 
Rutter, n. A form of plow for cutting ruts in a logging road for the runners 
of the sleds to run in. (N. W., L. S.) 
Sack the rear, to. To follow a drive and roll in logs which have lodged or 
grounded. (Gen.) 
Syn.: pick the rear, to; sweep the rear, to. (E. C.) 
Sack the slide, to. To return to a sHde logs which have jumped out. (Gen.) 
Saddle, n. The depression cut in a transverse skid in a skid road to guide 
the logs which pass over it. (P. C. F.) 
Saddlebag, v. As applied to a boom, to catch on an obstruction and double 
around it. (Gen.) 
Sampson, n. 1. An appliance for loosening or starting logs by horsepower. 
It usually consists of a strong, heavy timber and a chain terminating in a 
heavy swamp hook. The timber is placed upright beside the piece to be 
moved, the chain fastened around it, and the hook inserted low down on 
the opposite side. Leverage is then applied by a team hitched to the upper 
end of the upright timber. (N. F.) 
Sampson a tree, to. To direct the fall of a tree by means of a lever and pole. 
(N. F.) 
Sandman. See Road monkey. 
Sap stain. Discoloration of the sapwood. (Gen.) 
Satchel stick. A stick carried on the shoulder and used by a lumberjack to 
support his turkey. (App.) 
Saw boss. Foreman of the felling and log-making crews. (S. F.) 
Syn.: captain (S. F.), bull bucker, head bucker. (P. C. F.) 
Saw fitter. See Filer. 
Saw kerf. The width of cut made by a saw. (Gen.) 
Saw timber. Logs suitable in size and length for the production of mer- 
chantable lumber. 
Sawyer, n. See Faller. 
Scale, t>. To measure the volume of logs. (Gen.) 
Syn.: cull. (E. C.) 
Scale book. A book especially designed for recording the contents of scaled 
logs. (Gen.) 
Scaler, n. One who determines the volume of logs. (Gen.) 
Syn.: culler. (E. C.) 
Scalper, n. See Ro.s.ser. 
Schoodic chain bind. A method of binding logs to the bunk of a dray. Two 
forms are in use, namely, the single schoodic and the double schoodic. 
(N. W.) 
