| Summary: | jack 1 n SORDEN 63~ Heavy, endless chain with dogs which carry logs out of the mill pond up to the gate saws. Same as gangway, log jack, log way, slip. cp. BRYANT jack chain - An endless spiked chain which moves logs from one point to another, usually from the mill pond into the sawmill. (Gen,) [MCCULLOCH: 97 Under _jack works_, he mentions "a dogged chain" in the bottom of a trough which pulls logs.] PRINTED ITEM NOV 14 1987 [check] WK Used I and Sup Not Used 3 Withdrawn bully1, jack-blunt, jack-easy, jack's alive, jack-boat, jack curlew, curlew, jack fisherman, jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, jack root, blood root Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 19 Aug 2015
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