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Compass
·noun A pair of compasses. II. Compass ·noun A circle; a continent. III. Compass ·noun An inclosed...

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compass
An instrument employed by navigators to guide the ship's course at sea. It consists of a circular bo...

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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
An old saw; an ancient proverbial saying. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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-compass
·noun An <<Arcograph>>. II. Bow-compass ·noun A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate rivet...

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Sea compass
·- The mariner's compass. ·see under <<Compass>>. ...

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azimuth compass
A superior graduated compass for ascertaining the amount of magnetic variation, by amplitude or azim...

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compass, to
To curve; also to obtain one's object. ...

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compass-timbers
Such as are curved, crooked, or arched, for ship-building. ...

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fluid compass
That in which the card revolves in its bowl floated by alcohol, which prevents the needle from undue...

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compass-card
See fly ...

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hanging-compass
A compass so constructed as to hang with its face downwards, the point which supports the card being...

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mariner's compass
See compass. ...

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prismatic compass
One so fitted with a glass prism for reading by reflection, that the eye can simultaneously observe ...

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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,...

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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.
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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to box the compass
To say or repeat the mariner's compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answe...

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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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adjustment of the compass
Swinging a ship to every point of bearing, to note the variation or error of the needle upon each rh...

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box the compass, to
Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to...

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compensator of the compass
See magnetic compensator. ...

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point of the compass
The 32d part of the circumference, or 11° 15′. ...

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shoot the compass, to
To shoot wide of the mark. ...

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