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top to bottom: compass, backsaw, and crosscut saws
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saw
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 (sô)
KEY
NOUN:
- Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials.
VERB:
sawed
,
sawed
or
sawn
(sôn)
KEY
,
saw·ing
,
saws
VERB:
tr.
- To cut or divide with a saw.
- To produce or shape with a saw:
sawed a hole in the board.
- To make back-and-forth motions through or on:
a speaker who saws the air with his arms.
VERB:
intr.
- To use a saw:
sawing along the chalk line.
- To undergo cutting with a saw:
Pine wood saws easily.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu; see sek- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
saw er
(Noun)
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