Definition of saw

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Saw (v. t.) To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel..

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Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc..
Bois Durci :: Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed..
Caterpillar :: Caterpillar (n.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutw
Rede :: Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
Saw :: Saw (v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly..
Saw-whet :: Saw-whet (n.) A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl..
Slicer :: Slicer (n.) One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary..
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..
Back :: Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw..
Titter :: Titter (v. i.) To seesaw. See Teeter.
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine..
Logrolling :: Logrolling (n.) The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (a.) Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion..
Her :: Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out..
Ray :: Ray (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc..
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..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble..
Wabble :: Wabble (v. i.) To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles..
Horntail :: Horntail (n.) Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females..
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