A log of wood.
1792. Contracts for timber should always be made so as to give time to look for the requisite sticks, and cut them in the proper season of the year.—Jeremy Belknap, ‘New Hampshire,’ iii. 211.
1821. The whole expense, laid out upon the dam, is incurred by placing a single stick of timber upon the brow of the ledge, and by forming a flume, perhaps four or five feet in length.—T. Dwight, ‘Travels,’ iv. 16.
1826. [Wanted] Four Sticks Timber 32 feet long, and Four Sticks timber 28 feet long.—Advt., Mass. Spy, Nov. 15.
1830. He was carting timber, and stepped upon the cart tongue to crowd some sticks back with his feet.—Id., July 14.
1851. All hands are … lifting with heavy pries, hand-spikes, and cant-dogs, to roll these massive sticks into the brook channel.—John S. Springer, ‘Forest Life,’ p. 156 (N.Y.).
