TERMS USED IN LOGGING 503 
Shingle bolt. A short sjjlit section of a log from which shingles are manu- 
factured. (Gen.) .S'ce Bolt. 
Shoot a jam, to. To loosen a log jam with dynamite. (Gen.) 
Shore hold. The attachment of the hawser of a raft of logs to an object on 
the shore. (N. W., L. S.) 
Short road. See Go-back road. 
Shot-gun, n. See Gun. 
Shot holes. Holes made in wood b}' boring insects. (App.) 
Show, //. See Chance. 
Side, 11. The crew of men, including fallcrs, buckcrs, rigging men, loaders, 
and all others working with a yarding donkey. When a roader or swing 
donkey takes logs from the yarding donkey the men operating them arc 
included in the side. (P. C. F.) 
Side boss. The foreman of a " side." (P. C. F.) 
Side jam. A jam which has formed on one side of a stream, usually where 
the logs are forced to the shore at a bend by the current, or where the 
water is shallow or there are partiallj' submerged rocks. (N. F.) 
Side line logs, to, 1. To throw the hauling cable around a stump, out of the 
direct line of pull, in order to change the direction of travel of the log and 
thus avoid some obstruction in its path. (Gen.) 
Syn.: siwash. (P. C. F.) 
2. To draw logs up to the main hauling cable. (S. F.) 
Side-line man. One who carries the side lines from the main cable of a pull- 
boat and attaches them to the logs that are to be skidded. (S. F.) 
Side mark. See Bark mark. 
Side pier. See Pier dam. 
Side pole. See Sway bar. 
Side winder. A tree knocked down unexpectedly by the falling of another. 
(Gen.) 
Signal man. One who transmits orders from the foreman of a yarding crew 
to the engineer of the yarding donkey. 
Syn.: lookout, signal punk, whistle punk. 
Signal punk. See Signal man. 
Single cord, A pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 2 feet wide. 
(C. H. F.) 
Single coupler. Single coupling grabs joined by a short chain or cable, u.scd 
for fastening logs together. (App.) 
Syn.: tail grab. 
Single out, to. To float logs, usually cypress, one at a time, from the woods 
to the float road. (S. F.) 
Sinker, n. See Deadhead. 
Sinker boat. See Catamaran. 
Siwash. See Side line logs, to; Jackpot. 
Skeleton log car. A car having a skeleton frame. (Gen.) 
Syn.: connected truck. (P. C. F.) 
Skid, V. 1. To draw logs from the stump to the skidway, landing or mill. 
(Gen.) 
