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Logrolling

The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spin 76% connected

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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Twirl 76% connected

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Twisting 76% connected

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Whirl 76% connected

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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Logroll 74% connected

To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Logroll 74% connected

To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.

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Abatis noun · 78% connection

a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed towar…

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Abattis noun · 78% connection

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

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Backwardation noun · 78% connection

the market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the expected spot price at contract maturity.…

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Boom noun · 78% connection

A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand…

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Bowling noun · 78% connection

The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins.

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Bull verb · 78% connection

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rolling, logs, place, were, felled.
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Ceduous adjective · 78% connection

Fit to be felled.

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Dog noun · 78% connection

An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.

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Drover noun · 78% connection

One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rolling, logs, place, were, felled.
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Fellable adjective · 78% connection

Fit to be felled.

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Float verb · 78% connection

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rolling, logs, place, were, felled.
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Flume noun · 78% connection

A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydra…

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Forum noun · 78% connection

A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

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Hag noun · 78% connection

A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

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Haul verb · 78% connection

To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rolling, logs, place, were, felled.
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Hewn adjective · 78% connection

Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.

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Labor-saving adjective · 78% connection

Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.

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Lascar noun · 78% connection

A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.

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