"8" . _:vb6782662 "(archaic) A strong iron-bound timber with sharp teeth or spikes protruding from its front face, forming part of the machinery of a sawmill, and used in canting logs, etc."@en . . _:vb6782662 . _:vb6782663 "1918, Leonard L. Shertzer, How to Build and Operate a Sawmill, page 20:"@en . _:vb6782663 . _:vb6782663 "A sawyer will come along and be touted and recommended as the best in the country when his chief qualifications will be his ability to jerk the carriage back and forth in a hurry without striking the bumper or to turn the log with the nigger [\u2026]"@en .