The Corporal was a slender, lantern-jawed, weasel-faced Monongahela raftsman, sharp as a steel-trap.
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There's a raftsman's cabin not far away, and maybe we can stay there.
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Paul told the negro to pull alongside and have the raftsman open the keg.
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Flat and generally of sad aspect, the country of the raftsman lies remote and uncommended.
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With a shout the raftsman charged at him.
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"No time now!" cried the raftman.
One of several parallel sloping beams that extend from the ridge to the wall-plate, to support the roof and its associated loads; the sloping top member of a roof truss, which carries the purlins.