ˈripping-saw
(See quots. and rip-saw.)
| 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 584 The ripping saw, for dividing boards into separate pieces, in the direction of the fibres. 1860 Tomlinson Arts & Manuf. Ser. ii. Saws 32 A ripping-saw..is a hand-saw with a blade twenty-eight or thirty inches long, and having large teeth for ripping, or cutting out stuff coarsely and quickly. 1881 W. E. Dickson Pract. Organ Build. i. 4 The usual saws, the ripping saw, the panel saw,..will be required. |