From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[aum]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.
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Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first
part of a compound.
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{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} (Zool.), the great titmouse; -- so named from
its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.]
{Saw whetter} (Zool.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus
palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.]
{Scroll saw}, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge,
stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved
outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by
foot or power.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n.
1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
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2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or
across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
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{Crosscut saw}.
(a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it
for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than
lengthwise.
(b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting
large logs crosswise.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crosscut saw
n 1: handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major
axis) [syn: {crosscut saw}, {crosscut handsaw}, {cutoff
saw}]
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