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bones
Dice. ...

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bones
bobbins for making lace, probably first made of bones; hence bone lace. N. ...

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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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Napier's bones
·- ·Alt. of Napier's rods. ...

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snow-bones
remnants of snow after a thaw. North. ...

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napier's bones
Small rods, arranged by Lord Napier to expedite arithmetical calculations. In Hudibras: "A moon-di...

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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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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-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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rawhead and bloody bones
A bull beggar, or scarechild, with which foolish nurses terrify crying brats. ...

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to make no bones of
To do a thing without hesitation. A metaphor borrowed from eating with dispatch as if it contained n...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.