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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Hymenoptera :: Hymenoptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc..
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Chickasaws :: Chickasaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory..
Teeter :: Teeter (v. i. & t.) To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter..
Pitman :: Pitman (n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery..
Tremex :: Tremex (n.) A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail..
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..
Syenite :: Sye (imp.) Saw.
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Saw :: Saw () imp. of See.
Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..
Oscillancy :: Oscillancy (n.) The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion.
Phytophaga :: Phytophaga (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.
Burr :: Burr (n.) A small circular saw.
Log :: Log (n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
Saw-toothed :: Saw-toothed (a.) Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
Serrature :: Serrature (n.) A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything..
Sawmill :: Sawmill (n.) A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber..
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..
Seesawad :: Seesawad (imp. & p. p.) of Seesa.
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