Definition of saw

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Saw (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.

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Resaw :: Resaw (v. t.) To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc..
Pleonasm :: Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes..
Proleg :: Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg..
Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..
Bois Durci :: Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
Rede :: Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
Proverb :: Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage..
Sawbones :: Sawbones (n.) A nickname for a surgeon.
Dualin :: Dualin (n.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw..
Sawbelly :: Sawbelly (n.) The alewife.
Bow-saw :: Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
Titter :: Titter (v. i.) To seesaw. See Teeter.
Jag :: Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Buck :: Buck (n.) A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Cephalotomy :: Cephalotomy (n.) Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
Terebrantia :: Terebrantia (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
Slabber :: Slabber (n.) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
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