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Sawfly :: Sawfly (n.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.

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

Serrous :: Serrous (a.) Like the teeth off a saw; jagged.

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

Slab :: Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc..

Muley :: Muley (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate..

Gullet :: Gullet (n.) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

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

Sash :: Sash (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate..

Phytophaga :: Phytophaga (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.

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..

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

Serration :: Serration (n.) Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.

Seesawing :: Seesawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seesa.

Topsman :: Topsman (n.) The uppermost sawyer in a saw pit; a topman.

Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary..

Serrated :: Serrated (a.) Notched on the edge, like a saw..

Sawtooth :: Sawtooth (n.) An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal..

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

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..

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