In article t, Daniel
B. Martin wrote:

It's a pole with a metal end and a hinged hook, used to roll logs around.

Bingo! Local source, good price. Northern calls it a timberjack.

Cool, thanks. It appears that Peavey was the inventor's name, back in
the 1900's. Apparently the generic name is "cant dog".


From dictionary.com:
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pea·vey also pea·vy
n. pl. pea·veys, also pea·vies

An implement consisting of a wooden shaft with a metal point and a
hinged hook near the end, used to handle logs.

[After JosephPeavey (fl. 1875), American inventor.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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peavey

\Pea"vey\ Peavy \Pea"vy\, n. [Said to be from the inventor's name.]
(Lumbering) A cant hook having the end of its lever armed with a spike.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.

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peavey

n : a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs [syn:
peavy, cant dog]

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

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