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  • 11Saw mandrel — Saw 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… …

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  • 12Saw pit — Saw 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… …

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  • 13Saw sharpener — Saw 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… …

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  • 14Saw whetter — Saw 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… …

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  • 15saw — saw1 [sô] n. [ME sawe < OE sagu, akin to Ger säge, Du zaag < IE base * sek , to cut, > L secare, to cut, OE seax, knife] 1. a) a cutting tool, of various shapes and sizes and worked by hand or machinery, consisting essentially of a thin… …

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  • 16saw — saw1 sawer, n. sawlike, adj. /saw/, n., v., sawed, sawed or sawn, sawing. n. 1. a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth. 2. any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp… …

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  • 17Disk magazine — For the British pop music magazine, see Disc (magazine). A disk magazine, colloquially known as a diskmag, is a magazine that is distributed in electronic form to be read using computers. These had some popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as… …

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  • 18saw — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a hand tool having a toothed blade used to cut esp. wood with a to and fro movement. b any of several mechanical power driven devices with a toothed rotating disk or moving band, for cutting. 2 Zool. etc. a serrated organ or… …

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  • 19saw — I [[t]sɔ[/t]] n. v. sawed, sawed sawn, saw•ing 1) bui a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth 2) bui any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20saw — I. past of see II. noun Etymology: Middle English sawe, from Old English sagu; akin to Old High German sega saw, Latin secare to cut Date: before 12th century a hand or power tool or a machine used to cut hard material (as wood, metal, or bone)… …

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