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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. ...

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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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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar. II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. ...

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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.) ...

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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...

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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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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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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>. ...

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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...

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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice. II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice. ...

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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream. ...

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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection. ...

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ice-plant
n. Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...

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ice-candles
icicles. Kent. ...

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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf. ...

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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...

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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...

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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season. ...

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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.) ...

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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...

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ground-ice
See anchor-ice. ...

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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...

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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...

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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions. ...

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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...

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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter. ...

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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage. ...

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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice. ...

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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog. ...

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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...

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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea. ...

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ice-plank
See spike-plank. ...

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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice. ...

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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind. ...

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ice-tongue
See tongue. ...

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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel. ...

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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...

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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way. ...

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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons. ...

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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....

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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...

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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...

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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...

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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...

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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land. ...

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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing. ...

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stream-ice
A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...

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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...

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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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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. II. Neapolitan ice cream ·add. ·- An...

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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...

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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....

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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...

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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....

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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...

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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...

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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...

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