Definition of saw

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Saw (v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air..

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Trephine :: Trephine (n.) An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin..
Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) The bowfin.
Handsaw :: Handsaw (n.) A saw used with one hand.
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug..
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..
Sawmill :: Sawmill (n.) A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber..
Wood :: Wood (n.) Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
Her :: Her (pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out..
Logging :: Logging (n.) The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
Offing :: Offing (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing..
Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
Pitman :: Pitman (n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery..
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..
Rede :: Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Muley :: Muley (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
Buck :: Buck (n.) A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Set :: Set (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade..
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