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Scoot, n. See Dray. 
Score, V. In hewing timber, to mark with lines or with ax hacks the Umits of 
the cut, both as to width and depth. (Gen.) 
Scotch, n. See Gooseneck. 
Scratch grade. A logging railroad grade on which only light work has been 
done. (P. C. F., S. F.) 
Seam. See Check. 
Season check. See Check. 
Second faller. The subordinate in a crew of two fallers. (P. C. F.) See 
Head faller. 
Syn.: faller, helper. (N. F.) 
Second loader. See Head loader. 
Section, /(. A portion of a log raft, separated by swifters, usually containing 
two tiers of logs. (P. C. F.) 
Self-loading dam. See Rafter dam. 
Self-loading skidder. See Bummer. 
Sender. See Ground loader. 
Send-up man. See Ground loader. 
Send up, to. In loading, to raise logs up skids with cant hooks, or by steam 
or horse power. (Gen.) 
Set back. See Pokelogan. 
Set gauge. A tool used by a cross-cut saw filer to regulate the amount of 
set given to each tooth. (Gen.) 
Syn. : spider. 
Setting, n. The temporary station of a portable sawmill, a yarding engine, 
or other machine used in logging. (Gen.) 
Syn.: set-up. 
Set-up, n. See Setting. 
Shackle. See Yoke. 
Shake, n. 1. A form of shingle split from a bolt of wood and used to cover 
both the roofs and sides of buildings. Those made of sugar pine are 32 
inches long, 5 inches wide, and ^Ig of an inch thick on the thin edge. 
Syn.: hand-made shingle, roof board. (App.) 
2. A crack in timber, due to frost or wind. (Gen.) 
Syn.: windshake. 
Shake roof. See Split roof. 
Shanty boat. See Wanigan. 
Shanty boss. 1. See Camp foreman. 
2. See Chore boy. 
Shanty man. See Lumberjack. 
Sheer boom. A boom so secured that it guides floating logs in the desired 
direction. (N. F.) 
Syn.: fender boom, glancing boom. 
Sheer skid. See Fender skid. 
Shim, n. Blocking placed under crossties to level up the track; also used to 
keep the track from sinking into the mud. (Gen.) 
Shim up, to, V. To place shims under a railroad track. (Gen.) 
