Medical Definition of Sawlog
1. A log meeting minimum commercial requirements of diameter, length, and defect. The usual commercial requirements are a minimum of 8' long with an inside bark diameter of 6" for softwoods and 8" for hardwoods. (05 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawlog
Literary usage of Sawlog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1916)
"If 32 cm (13 inch) is assumed as the proper sawlog diameter, the content of the
log is found to be 1.56 fm and the length 13.3 m; the balance may be cut for ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1901)
"Mangelt —The Evans" Improved Mammoth sawlog, which has given decidedly the ...
In the Evans' Improved Mammoth sawlog gave an average of 31.8 tons per acre ..."
3. Biomass Energy: A Glossary of Terms edited by Craig L. Chase (1998)
"Rough Trees: Live trees of commercial species which do not contain a sawlog,
because of excessive limbs, poor form, splits, or cracks. ..."
4. Journal of Education by Nova Scotia Dept. of Education (1908)
"The white spruce, growing in comparatively open situations, may, he thinks, make'
a sawlog in sixty years. The forest spruce, which is largely red spruce, ..."
5. Guidebook of the Western United States: Part C. The Santa Fe Route with a by Nelson Horatio Darton (1915)
"1 In the descent into Duck Creek, a branch of sawlog Creek, 7 miles northeast of
Dodge, there are very instructive ex- ..."
6. Guidebook of the Western United States: Part C. The Santa Fe Route with a by Nelson Horatio Darton (1915)
"Elevation 2478 feet, 1 In the descent into Duck Creek, a branch of sawlog Creek,
7 miles northeast of Dodge, there are very instructive exposures of this ..."
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