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SawSaw Saw (s[add]),
imp. of See. SawSaw Saw, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See
Say, v. t. and cf. Saga.]
1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] ``To hearken all
his sawe.' --Chaucer.
2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
His champions are the prophets and apostles, His
weapons holy saws of sacred writ. --Shak.
3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.]
[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
--Spenser. SawSaw Saw, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s["a]ge,
OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[*a]g, Icel. s["o]g, L.
secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe,
Sickle, Section, Sedge.]
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.
Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first
part of a compound.
Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band,
Crosscut, etc.
Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its
periphery, and revolved on an arbor.
Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing,
especially with a circular saw which projects above the
table.
Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for
sharpening saw teeth.
Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the
saw, or gang of saws, is held.
Saw gate, a saw frame.
Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in
which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set
of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which
is too fine for the seeds to pass.
Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants
having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp
teeth, especially the Cladium Mariscus of Europe, and
the Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf.
Razor grass, under Razor.
Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.
Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened
for running.
Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one
standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer.
Saw sharpener (Zo["o]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named
from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.]
Saw whetter (Zo["o]l.), the marsh titmouse (Parus
palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] Saw
Saw Saw, v. i.
1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
SawSaw Saw, v. t. [imp. Sawed; p. p. Sawed or Sawn; p. pr.
& vb. n. Sawing.]
1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw
timber or marble.
2. 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.
3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Meaning of Saw from wikipedia
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abrasive saws.
Saws began as
serrated materials, and when
mankind learned how to use iron, it
became the
preferred material for
saw blades of all...
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SAW,
saw,
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saw is a
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Saw is a 2004
American horror film
directed by
James Wan in his
feature directorial debut, and
written by
Leigh Whannell, from a
story by Wan and Whannell...
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Saw is an
American horror media franchise created by
Australian filmmakers James Wan and
Leigh Whannell,
which began with the
eponymous 2004 film and...
- film is the
tenth installment in the
Saw film series,
serving as a
direct interquel set
between Saw (2004) and
Saw II (2005). It
stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee...
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Saw IV is a 2007
horror film
directed by
Darren Lynn
Bousman from a
screenplay by
Patrick Melton and
Marcus Dunstan, and a
story by Melton, Dunstan, and...
- A
circular saw or a buzz
saw, is a power-
saw using a
toothed or
abrasive disc or
blade to cut
different materials using a
rotary motion spinning around...
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character and the
primary antagonist of the
Saw franchise.
Jigsaw made his
debut in the
first film of the series,
Saw, and
appears in all
subsequent installments...
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Saw V is a 2008
horror film
directed by
David Hackl, in his
directorial debut, from a
screenplay by
Patrick Melton and
Marcus Dunstan. It is the fifth...
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Saw 3D (also
released as
Saw: The
Final Chapter) is a 2010
American 3D
horror film
directed by
Kevin Greutert and
written by
Patrick Melton and Marcus...
