Saw

saw, n. An instrument for cutting, consisting of a thin blade or plate of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on one edge. —v. [imp. sawed (sawd); p. p. sawed or sawn; sawing.] To cut or separate with a saw; to form by cutting with a saw. — v. To use a saw, practice sawing; to cut with a saw; to be cut with a saw. [AS. saga, Ic. sog, G. saege, a saw; L. secare^ to cut.] — SaWyer, n. One who saws timber into planks or boards, or wood for fuel; a tree which, having fallen into a stream, lies fast by the roots, with branches rocking above and below the — surface of the water, like the motion of a saw. Saw'dust, n. Dust or small fragments of wood, stone, or other material, made by the attrition of a saw. — Saw'-fish, n. A cartilaginous fish, closely allied to the shark: has the upper jaw prolonged into a long beak or snout, with teeth arranged— along both edges. n. One of a family of insects, the females of which are furnished with an ovipositor toothed like a saw, Saw-fish. for boring holes for their eggs in the twigs and stems of plants. —mill, n. A mill for sawing timber or marble, etc. pit, n. A pit over which timber is sawed by two men, one — standing below the timber and the other above. -set, An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a outward. — See's aw, n. A play among children, in which 2 persons, seated upon opposite ends of a board supported in the middle, move alternately up and down; a board adjusted for — this purpose; a vibratory or reciprocating motion. v. [seesawed (-sawd), -sawing.] To move backward and forward, or upward and downward. — a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion. [Reduplication of saw, expre ing the motion to and fro, in the act of sawing.] Saxifrage, Saxifragous. See under Sa afras. Saxon, saks'un or saks'n, n. One of a people who formerly dwelt in N. Germany, and who invaded and conquered England in the 5th and 6th centuries; an Anglo-Saxon a native of Saxony language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon. — a. Pert, to the Saxons, their country, or their language; of, or pert, to, Saxony, or its inhabitants. [AS. Seaxa, Scare, Seaxan, fr. seax, a knife, short sword, dagger.] — Sax'onism, -izm, n. An idiom of the Saxon language.