Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In a sawmill, the main floor, where the logs arriving by the log-slide are turned out of the slide by the flipper and assembled ready for sawing.
  • noun The platform on a loading-jack.

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Examples

  • Under the log-slip is the steam "flipper" or "kicker," Fig. 38, by means of which the scaler or his assistant, throwing a lever, causes the log to be kicked over to one side or the other, on to the log-deck, an inclined floor sloping toward the saw-carriage.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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