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Saw
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.
(2):
(imp.) of See
(3):
(v. t.) A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
(4):
(v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(v. t.) To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
(7):
imp. of See.
(8):
(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.
(9):
(v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
(10):
(v. i.) To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
(11):
(v. i.) To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
(12):
(v. i.) To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Saw'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/saw.html. 1828.
