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| Abutment | | A rock or timber structure built along the bank of ... |
| Adam's Fruit | | Dried apples, pregnant women. ... |
| Addle | | To earn by labor ... |
| Adze | | A tool used in hewing logs to flatten them on ... |
| After the turn of the night | | Any time after midnight ... |
| Agropelter | | A horrible animal that lived in hollow trees mostly in ... |
| Alder Grab | | The stem od an alder, or other small tree which ... |
| Alibi Day | | Payday in camp when many loggers developed tooth aches or ... |
| All Hands And The Cook | | The call or cry that a log jam had occurred ... |
| All Out | | A term used by the camp foreman when he opened ... |
| Alley or Alley Way | | The roofed-over space between the kitchen and sleeping quarters where ... |
| Alligator | | 1. A boat used in handling floating logs. It could ... |
| Amen Corner | | A corner of the logging camp bunk house where the ... |
| Anchor Brand Strawberries | | Prunes. A term used on Great Lake lumber ships. ... |
| Anchor Ice | | Ice in shady places and along the banks of a ... |
| Anchor Line | | A line attached to a small buoy and to one ... |
| Animal | | Ox, horse, or mule used for skidding and other woods ... |
| Apron | | 1. A platform projecting downstream from the sluiceway of a ... |
| Ark | | 1. Where the camp stores are kept.
2. The boat or ... |
| Arsneau | | A derrick for loading logs. ... |
| As Easy As Falling Off A Log | | A term that came directly out of the woods and ... |
| Ax Helve | | An ax handle ... |
| Ax Man | | a woods worker whose main job was using the double-bitted ... |
| Ax or Axe | | The conventional chopping tool of the lumberjack. He took great ... |
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