Definition of saw

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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..

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Saw :: Saw (imp.) of Se.
Jewfish :: "Jewfish (n.) A very large serranoid fish (Promicrops itaiara) of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. It often reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. Its color is olivaceous or yellowish, with numerous brown spots. Called also guasa, and warsaw..
Pitman :: Pitman (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc..
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A small circular saw.
Jacob :: "Jacob (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
Flitch :: Flitch (n.) The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab.
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..
Wood :: Wood (n.) Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
Sawtry :: Sawtry (n.) A psaltery.
Behn :: Behn (n.) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury..
Gum :: Gum (v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
Whipsaw :: Whipsaw (n.) A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw..
Tetter-totter :: Tetter-totter (n.) A certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter..
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..
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..
Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..
Redented :: Redented (a.) Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
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..
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