sawney, sawny

[See def.] A nickname for a Scotch man, from Sandy, a corruption of Alexander. *sâw-try, s . [PSALTERY.] saw-wõrt, s. [Eng. saw (1), and wort.] Bot.: The genus Serratula. sâw-yer, subst. [Formed from saw (1), v., with interpolated y, as in bowyer.] 1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks, or to saw up wood for fuel; a sawer. [TOP SAWYER.] sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist ph = f. sawyer's dog 2. A tree, which, growing on the banks of a river, and becoming undermined by the current, falls into the stream, and is swept along with its branches, partly above water, rising and falling with the waves, whence the name. Sawyers are extremely dangerous to navigation on the Mi i ippi and Mi ouri, boats which run foul of them being either disabled or sunk. sawyer's dog, s. A saw-mill dog (q. v.). săx, s. [A. S. seax =an ax, a knife.] *1. A knife, a sword, a dagger. 2. A slate-maker's for trimming slates to shape. It is sixteen inches long and two broad, and has a point at the back for making nail-holes in the slate.