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(28) Package. The term package means a unit of lumber. (29) Peavy. The term peavy means a stout wooden handle fitted with a spike and hook and used for rolling logs. (30) Pike pole. The term pike pole means a long pole whose end is shod with a sharp pointed spike. (31) Pitman rod. The term pitman rod means connecting rod. (32) Resaw. The term resaw means band, circular, or sash gang saws used to break down slabs, cants, or flitches into lumber. (33) Running line. The term running line means any moving rope as distinguished from a stationary rope such as a guyline. (34) Safety factor. The term safety factor means a calculated reduction factor which may be applied to laboratory test values to obtain safe working stresses for wooden beams and other mechanical members; ratio of breaking load to safe load. (35) Saw guide. The term saw guide means a device for steadying a circular or bandsaw. (36) Setwork. The term setwork means a mechanism on a sawmill carriage which enables an operator to move the log into position for another cut. (37) Sorting gaps. The term sorting gaps means the areas on a log pond enclosed by boom sticks into which logs are sorted. (38) Spreader wheel. The term spreader wheel means a metal wheel that separates the board from the log in back of circular saws to prevent binding. (39) Splitter. The term splitter means a knife-type, nonrotating spreader. (40) Sticker. The term sticker means a strip of wood or other material used to separate layers of lumber. (41) Stiff boom. The term stiff boom means the anchored, stationary boom sticks which are tied together and on which boom men work. (42) Swifter. The term swifter is a means of tying boom sticks together to prevent them from spreading while being towed. (43) Telltale. The term telltale means a device used to serve as a warning for overhead objects. (44) Top saw. The term top saw means the upper of two circular saws on a head rig, both being on the same husk. (45) Tramway. The term tramway means a way for trams, usually consisting of parallel tracks laid on wooden beams. (46) Trestle. The term trestle means a braced framework of timbers, piles or steelwork for carrying a road or railroad over a depression.