Definition of saw

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Saw (v. i.) To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast..

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Wood :: Wood (n.) Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
Behn :: Behn (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury..
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below..
Jag :: Jag (v. t.) To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch.
Bois Durci :: Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed..
Sawder :: Sawder (n.) A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.
Saw :: 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..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
Serrature :: Serrature (n.) A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything..
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..
Sharpsaw :: Sharpsaw (n.) The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.
Grouper :: Grouper (n.) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico..
Raiae :: Raiae (n. pl.) The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also Rajae, and Rajii..
Syb :: Sy (imp.) Saw.
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..
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..
Tenant Saw :: Tenant saw () See Tenon saw, under Tenon..
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..
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..
Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..
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