The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-25

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feet or over IN height"
The political "scratcher" Is numer
Gus enough. ADD the young scratch
ers" Of this state are young no longer;
but What Is sc5atcher" under the
greenwood tree?
AN instrument used for marking
,rees A loop Ike gouge fastened to a
aat. elliptical iron hoop. with wooden
handle plates on the opposite side from
the gouge Synonyms: bark blazer,
barF gouge cruisers bark blazer, tree
scribe"
What an unknown world Of English
words there Isl DO you know what a
'two-storied forest" is. for example?
But we must seek the lumberer's gang
and the logging dictionary Here. in
deed. IS richness. How many Of us
know. what everybody ought to know,
that an alligator" is a boat used in
handling floating logs. OF "a device,
often made from the fork Of tree on
which the front end OF los is placed
10 facilitate skidding;' That a ball
hooter rolls logs down hill; that a.
"blue jay" "greaser" OF "roadmonkey p
keeps a logging road in condition, that
a bolster" or bunk Is the heavy
timber upon which the logs rest on e
logging sled; that a "brar' IS a cross
cut saw; that "brutting crew rolls
logs down slopes too steep for teams
that bull cook. turnkey or "chore
boy is cleaner. cutter Of wood and
drawer Of water in logging campo
Does any school boy IN these parts
know that bully" is the loegng
camp foreman: bull donkey a
large donkey engine a camp collec.
tor" a lazy "lumberjack or logger
who roams from camp TO camp; a cat
face. partly healed over FIRE scar on
tree stem. a "cattyman," an expert
river driver. q "ohokerr moose Of
wire rome; the 'chokermaa The man
who fastens # on the logs7 To
"chunk"-delightful worlds to clear
the ground "ConE which we now
slang for head. is the decay in WOOD
causel by fungus" A crab" s q
little raft with windlass and anchor.
The deacon seat IS the bench in front
os the sleeping bunks a "deadhead,' =
"bobbar" or "slnSer7 is a sunken log.
A dead man is fallen tree. A dol
phin is 8 cluster o. piles TO which
boom IS secured. "Doty Of
"dottg'?-F'dozy.1 means "decayed."
"Dry.klr are trees killed by flooding
A "feeie-' is a barn boss and has
charge Of the stables a "dray" or
single sled is also a bob crotch
"go-5ewil," lizard" +scoot "sloop.'
A "goosepen" is 2 large hole burned
in a standing tree A rgrab skipper"
IS short iron-pry or. hsmmer A
beaver" "gultermSnn o. "swamper"
IS man who clears The ground Of IN
derbrush. A Jackpot is an irregular
pile Of logs or a "contemptuous expires.
sion applied 70 az unskillful p ece Of
work" a jam cracker" log watch"
" "heae driver" IS an expert river
driver. A head push" oi straw boss"
IS sub foreman. "Jobber's sun" Is "a
term applied to the moon in a 5obbeT's'
or contractors logging camp. on ac-
count Of the early and late hours OF
commencing and ending work"
Here We are only IN u" and half Of
the good words skipped Much OF this
Language, al once technical and terse.
and fun Of snap and crash should be
ADDED 10 the familiar speech We cant
help oommendlng widow maker
loose hanging, broken limb which may
injure a man 'woodpecker," a poor
chopper ark" "shsnty boat" or
'waniean.7 houseboat for river
drivers; to 'histe the turkey" or bag
with the lumberjacl.s outfit, 10 leave
camp slough pig" second rate
driver; 10 nose or "snipe, to round
of the end OF a log "pokelogan" or
logan bag or pocket into which
loss may float during a drive; "pecky"
~ peggy" unsound; peaker" the top
los
The best collect ON OF muscular Ian
guage thar has come into this Office for
some time-New York Sun.