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• Saw

  ·- imp. of ·see. II. Saw ·vt Dictate; command; decree. III. Saw ·Impf of <<See>>. IV. Saw ·vt A s...

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• Saw

  Egyptian saws, so far as has yet been discovered, are single-handed. As is the case in modern Orient...

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• Bow-saw

  ·noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame. ...

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• Crown-saw

  ·noun A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotat...

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• Quarter-saw

  ·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...

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• Saw palmetto

  ·- ·see under <<Palmetto>>. ...

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• Saw-set

  ·noun An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a k...

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• Saw-toothed

  ·adj Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate. ...

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• Saw-whet

  ·noun A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes...

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• Saw-wort

  ·noun Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; — so named from the serrated leaves of most of th...

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• Saw-wrest

  ·noun ·see Saw-set. ...

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• Sweep-saw

  ·noun A bow-saw. ...

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• Tenant saw

  ·- ·see Tenon saw, under <<Tenon>>. ...

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• Saw Court

  In Fore Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• saw-fish

  n. a species of Ray, Pristiszysron, Bleek, the Australasian representative of the Pristidae family,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• saw-whet

  The popular name, in some of the Northern States, for the Little Owl, or Acadian Owl of Audubon. "It...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• compass-saw

  A narrow saw, which, inserted in a hole bored by a centre-bit, follows out required curves. ...

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• drag-saw

  A cross-cut saw. ...

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• hack-saw

  Used for cutting off the heads of bolts; made of a scythe fresh serrated. ...

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• hand-saw

  The smallest of the saws used by shipwrights, and used by one hand. ...

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• hock-saw

  A fermented drink along the coasts of China, partaking more of the nature of beer than of spirit, an...

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• ice-saw

  A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...

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• saw-bill

  A name for the goosander, Mergus merganser. ...

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• saw-bones

  A sobriquet for the surgeon and his assistants. ...

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• saw-fish

  A species of shark (Pristis antiquorum) with the bones of the face produced into a long flat rostrum...

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• see-saw

  Reciprocating motion. ...

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• whip-saw

  The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit. ...

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• two-handed saw

  A very useful instrument in ship-carpentry; it is much longer than the hand-saw, and requires two me...

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