▪ I. sawing, vbl. n.
(ˈsɔːɪŋ)
[f. saw v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb saw; an instance of this.
| c 1440 Jacob's Well xxxvi. 233 Þat ȝe be sauyd fro sawyng & brennyng of feendys to ioye & blysse euere-lastynge! 1477–9 Rec. St. Mary at Hill 82 Paid to Stere for sawyng of iij kervis of the same, iij d. 1515 Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. V. 11 Item for the sawing of theme ij s. vj d. 1678 Moxon Mech. Exerc. v. 95 The Excellency of Sawing is, to keep the kerf exactly in the line marked out to be Sawn. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 160 (Bookbinding) We thus see that Mr. Hancock dispenses entirely with the operations of stitching, sewing, sawing-in. 1873 J. Richards Operator's Handbk. 130 After sawing comes planing. |
2. pl. Sawdust. Now only
Sc.| 1512–13 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 611 Certeyn refuse ston and sawyngs of both Weldon..and Clypsham and molded stones. 1598 Florio, Segatura,..sawings, saw⁓dust. 1857 Livingstone Trav. xix. 367 It closely resembles wood sawings and on that account is named ‘wood-meal’. |
3. attrib. and
Comb., as
sawing action,
sawing-machine,
sawing stage,
sawing table,
sawing-windmill;
sawing-bench = saw-bench (see
saw n.1 4 d);
sawing-block (see
quot.);
sawing horse,
stool,
trestle = saw-horse (see
saw n.1 4 d);
sawing-mill,
pit = sawmill,
saw-pit;
sawing-stop, a contrivance to assist in holding wood on the bench while being sawn.
| 1898 Cycling 64 It has the further advantage of eliminating the friction and ‘*sawing’ action that takes place between the threads of ordinary canvas. |
| 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 386/1 Circular *sawing benches. |
| 1846 Holtzapffel Turning, etc. II. 714 The back-saws..are often assisted or guided by *sawing-blocks, in which one or more saw-kerfs..serve to guide the blades. |
| Ibid. 711 The log is..laid on the common X-form *sawing-horse. |
| 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 479/1 Attempts have been made to introduce *sawing-machines with two sets of saws. |
| 1722 Lond. Gaz. No. 6070/7 The Stone-Yard and *Sawing-Mill. 1905 A. R. Wallace My Life I. 79 Large builders and contractors, who had planing and sawing-mills of their own. |
| 1560 Acc. Fratern. Holy Ghost, Basingstoke (1882) 12 For a pece of tymber lyenge at y⊇ *Sawinge pitt. |
| 1612 MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., For making of a *saing stagge [= saw-stage] viij d. |
| 1846 Holtzapffel Turning, etc. II. 709 The board..is rested upon a *sawing stool or trestle. |
| 1875 Carpentry & Join. 37 The *sawing stop..will be found a very convenient adjunct to the fittings of the work bench. |
| 1873 Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 534, I am supposing you to be using a *sawing table (fret-cutting machine), such as I have described. |
| 1611 Cotgr., Chevalet,..a Nagge, or little horse..also, a *sawing Tressle. |
| 1679 Locke in P. King Life (1830) I. 248 See..the *sawing-windmill. |
▪ II. sawing, ppl. a. (
ˈsɔːɪŋ)
[f. saw v.1 + -ing2.] † 1. Of teeth: Like the teeth of a saw; serrate.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xxviii. (1495) 788 Houndes whelpes ben whelpyd wyth sawyng teeth. |
2. Of sounds: Rasping, harsh.
| 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles v. 41 This reproof and interrogation were put in a hoarse, sawing voice by a man. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 85 A sawing diastolic (subsequently double) murmur was heard along the sternum. |