-
Wrest
·noun Active or moving power.
II. Wrest ·vt To tune with a wrest, or key.
III. Wrest ·noun A key t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw
·- imp. of ·see.
II. Saw ·vt Dictate; command; decree.
III. Saw ·Impf of <<See>>.
IV. Saw ·vt A s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
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...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Bow-saw
·noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Crown-saw
·noun A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotat...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Quarter-saw
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw palmetto
·- ·see under <<Palmetto>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw-set
·noun An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a k...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw-toothed
·adj Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw-whet
·noun A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw-wort
·noun Any plant of the composite genus Serratula;
— so named from the serrated leaves of most of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Sweep-saw
·noun A bow-saw.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Tenant saw
·- ·see Tenon saw, under <<Tenon>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Saw Court
In Fore Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
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.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
drag-saw
A cross-cut saw.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hack-saw
Used for cutting off the heads of bolts; made of a scythe fresh serrated.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-saw
The smallest of the saws used by shipwrights, and used by one hand.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hock-saw
A fermented drink along the coasts of China, partaking more of the nature of beer than of spirit, an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
saw-bill
A name for the goosander, Mergus merganser.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
saw-bones
A sobriquet for the surgeon and his assistants.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
saw-fish
A species of shark (Pristis antiquorum) with the bones of the face produced into a long flat rostrum...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
see-saw
Reciprocating motion.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
whip-saw
The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
two-handed saw
A very useful instrument in ship-carpentry; it is much longer than the hand-saw, and requires two me...
The Sailor's Word-Book