saw-toothed

  • 31saw — 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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  • 32saw — saw1 noun 1》 a hand tool for cutting wood and similar material, typically having a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.     ↘a mechanical power driven cutting tool with a toothed rotating disc or moving… …

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  • 33saw — 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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  • 34Toothed — Tooth Tooth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toothing}.] 1. To furnish with teeth. [1913 Webster] The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw. [1913 Webster] 3.… …

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  • 35saw — 1. noun /sɔː,sɔ,sɑː,sɑːl/ a) A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid [...]. b) A …

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  • 36saw — A metal operating instrument having an edge of sharp, toothlike projections, for dividing bone, cartilage, or plaster; edges may be attached to a rigid band, a flexible wire or chain, or a motorized oscillator. [A.S. saga] Gigli s. a hand held …

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  • 37saw — Not counting the past tense of see, English has two words saw. The one meaning ‘toothed cutting tool’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sagō, a close relative of which produced German säge ‘saw’. This in turn was descended from an Indo… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38saw — Not counting the past tense of see, English has two words saw. The one meaning ‘toothed cutting tool’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sagō, a close relative of which produced German säge ‘saw’. This in turn was descended from an Indo… …

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  • 39saw palmetto — 1. a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth. 2. a tall palm, Acoelorraphe wrightii, of Florida and the West Indies. [1790 1800, Amer.] * * * Any of …

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  • 40saw — sɔː n. tool for cutting consisting of a toothed blade; saying, maxim, proverb v. cut with a saw or similar tool; make back and forth motions as if with a saw sɪː n. bishopric, office of a bishop; position or authority of a bishop v. view,… …

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