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Sloop, n. 1. A single pair of long sled runners, equipped with a tongue and 
bunks on which short logs are loaded. Used chiefly in farming communities. 
(N. W.) 
2. See Bob. 
Sloop logs, to. To haul logs down steep slopes on a dray or sloop equipped 
with a tongue. (N. F.) 
Slough pig. Usually a second-rate river driver who is assigned to picking 
logs out of sloughs in advance of the rear. (N. F.) 
Sluice, V. 1. See Flume. 
2. To float logs through the sluiceway of a splash dam. (N. F.) 
3. See Splash. 
4. See Hand sluice. 
Sluice, n. See Flume. 
Sluice gate. The gate closing a sluiceway in a splash dam. (Gen.) 
Sluiceway, n. The opening in a splash dam through which logs pass. (Gen.) 
Snag, ii. 1. A standing tree stem from which the crown has been broken. 
(Gen.) See Ram pike. 
Syn.: stub. 
2. A sunken log or a submerged stump. (Gen.) 
Snake, v. See Skid. 
Snaking system. A system of power logging in which the main cable is re- 
turned to the woods by an animal. (Gen.) 
Snaking trail. See Gutter road. 
Snatch team. See Tow team. 
Snib, V. In river driving, to be carried away purposely, but ostensibly by 
accident, on the first portion of a jam that moves; to ride away from work 
under guise of being accidentally carried off. (N. W., L. S.) 
Snipe, ;'. See Nose. 
Sniper, n. One who noses logs before they are skidded. (Gen.) 
Snow a road, to. To cover bare spots in a logging road with snow, to facili- 
tate the j)assage of sleds. (N. F.) 
Snow slide, A temporary slide on a steep slope, made by dragging a large 
log through deep snow which is soft or thawing; when frozen solidly, it 
may be used to sUde logs to a point where they can be reached by sleds. 
(N. W.) 
Snub, V. To check, usually by means of a snub line, the speed of logging 
sleds or logs on steep slopes, or of a log raft. (Gen.) 
Snubber, n. A device consisting of a drum or drums, controlled by powerfvd 
hand or power brakes, or both, which is used in lowering logs or log cars on 
steep grades, by means of a cable. (P. C. F.) 
Snub line. 1. A rope or cable attached to the rear bunk of a logging sled used 
to control the speed on steep grades. (N. W.) 
2. A wire rope used with a donke\' for snubbing logs, or log cars. 
(P. C. F.) 
Snub yoke. The wheelers in an ox team. (App., S. F.) See Butt team; 
Wheelers. 
Softwood, a. As applied to trees and logs, needle-leafed, coniferous. (Gen.) 
Softwood, n. A coniferous tree. (Gen.) 
