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Lumbering, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1947 quote.
Quotations
1853
The tree is now ready for the hewer's gang, which generally consists of the hewer and three, or at most four, axe-men, all of whom stand on the prostrate trunk of the tree, except the hewer.
1891
. . . the "hewer," . . . with his huge broad-ax, made square the "stick," as the great piece of timber is called.
1947
The hewer, standing on top of the log, wielded a broad axe with a large head and razor-keen edge, trimming first one side and then the other till each was almost as smooth as a planed board.