Definition of saw

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Saw (v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly..

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Serrifera :: Serrifera (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.
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.
Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
Arrayer :: Arrayer (n.) One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered..
Sawbill :: Sawbill (n.) The merganser.
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..
Sawmill :: Sawmill (n.) A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber..
Slab :: Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc..
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..
Sorrento Work :: Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere..
Terebrant :: Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies..
Kerf :: Kerf (n.) A notch, channel, or slit made in any material by cutting or sawing..
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber..
Slabber :: Slabber (n.) A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
Saw-set :: Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest..
Tenthredinides :: Tenthredinides (n. pl.) A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies.
Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug..
Hymenoptera :: Hymenoptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc..
Pitman :: Pitman (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc..
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