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US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Industry: Forest products; Government
Number of terms: 2933
Number of blossaries: 0
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Complete set of operations or tasks that is repeated.
Industry:Forest products
Method of paying loggers by the day or hour instead of by the piece.
Industry:Forest products
Area on which timber has been killed by fire, flooding, insects, or disease.
Industry:Forest products
In transport, a vehicle traveling outbound or inbound without a load.
Industry:Forest products
Anchoring device buried in the ground to which a guy or anchor line is attached. Also called anchor log.
Industry:Forest products
Designed to remove the bark from trees.
Industry:Forest products
Removing the outer protective layer (bark) from trees or parts of trees.
Industry:Forest products
1. Pile of logs on a landing. 2. Area or platform on which wood is placed.
Industry:Forest products
Crook, conk, decay, split, sweep, or other injury that decreases the amount of usable wood that can be obtained from a log.
Industry:Forest products
Vertical distance between the chord and the skyline, measured at midspan; frequently expressed as a percentage of the horizontal span length.
Industry:Forest products