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through Obs. 
n. in clearing land, a parcel of one acre assigned to a crew of four choppers and a teamster, their responsibility being to log (def. 1) that area in a day.
See also: log ((v.)) (def. 1)
- 1902 (1957) If . . . any gang should have fallen upon a piece of bad fortune in the way of an extra heavy "through" as the acre parcels were called, his more fortunate comrades as a rule assisted him to finish. Severe contests for who would have his "through" completed first often occurred, yet owing to difficulties in timber or the nature of the ground in the various "throughs" the best men and the best oxen did not in all cases succeed in being the first done.
- 1902 (1957) If . . . any gang should have fallen upon a piece of bad fortune in the way of an extra heavy "through" as the acre parcels were called, his more fortunate comrades as a rule assisted him to finish. Severe contests for who would have his "through" completed first often occurred, yet owing to difficulties in timber or the nature of the ground in the various "throughs" the best men and the best oxen did not in all cases succeed in being the first done.