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slants upstream until the upper end rests solidly against one shore, with 
an open channel for the i)assage of lof^s on the oi)positc side. (N. F.) 
Woodboat, n. A single sled with two skids attached by their forward ends to 
the bunk, and with their rear ends dragging, which is used to haul cord- 
wood off of steep or rocky slopes. (N. W.) 
Wood buck. See Wood bucker. 
Wood bucker. One who cuts wood for a donkey, road engine, or other power 
skidding device. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) 
Syn.: wood buck. 
Woodhick. See Lumberjack. 
Wood passer. One who transports wood fuel in a flatboat from the cutting 
point to a pullboat. (S. F.) 
Woodpecker, n. A poor chopper. (Gen.) 
Syn.: beaver. (N. W.) 
Wrapper chain. See Binding chain. 
Yard, v. See Skid; Rank. 
Yard, n. See Skidway;. Landing. 
Yarding donkey. A donkey engine mounted ujion a heavy sled, used in 
•arding logs by drum and cable. It hauls logs from the stump to a skid- 
road or to a landing, for short distances only. See Half-breed; Roader; 
Donkey. 
Yarding hook tender. See Hook tender. 
Yarding sled. See Dray. 
Yarding spool. See Road roller. 
Yard tender. See Decker. 
Yoke, n. The heavy U-shaped part of a block by wliich the block is attached 
to an object. (Gen.) 
Syn.: gooseneck, shackle. 
