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Pitman :: Pitman (n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery..

Sawbones :: Sawbones (n.) A nickname for a surgeon.

Sentence :: Sentence (n.) A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw..

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..

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..

Saw-wrest :: Saw-wrest (n.) See Saw-set.

Terebrant :: Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies..

Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows..

Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill..

Sawmill :: Sawmill (n.) A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber..

Scobiform :: Scobiform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings..

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..

Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..

Sawfish :: Sawfish (n.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey..

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..

Sawceflem :: Sawceflem (a.) See Sauseflem.

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..

Crown-saw :: Crown-saw (n.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion..

Joiner :: "Joiner (n.) A wood-working machine, for sawing, plaining, mortising, tenoning, grooving, etc..

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