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Boom :: Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away..

Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..

Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..

Bow-saw :: Bow-saw (n.) A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.

Syb :: Sy (imp.) Saw.

Set :: Set (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade..

Hymenoptera :: Hymenoptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc..

Flitch :: Flitch (n.) The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab.

Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..

Sawed :: Sawed (imp.) of Sa.

Goosander :: Goosander (n.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser..

Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) Same as Crossruff.

Ripsaw :: Ripsaw (v. t.) A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw..

Buzzsaw :: Buzzsaw () A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes when running at full speed.

Wany :: Wany (a.) Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; -- said especially of sawed boards or timber when tapering or uneven, from being cut too near the outside of the log..

Bascule :: Bascule (n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls..

Trephine :: Trephine (n.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin..

Tenant Saw :: Tenant saw () See Tenon saw, under Tenon..

Serrifera :: Serrifera (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.

Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.

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