ˈrip-saw, n.
[f. rip v.2]
A saw used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain.
| 1846 Holtzapffel Turning II. 708 The rip-saw has the coarsest teeth, and which are of slight pitch... The half-rip is similar, but a little finer. 1875 Carp. & Join. 14 Hand saw, divided into the largest or rip saw, intermediate or half⁓rip, and smallest. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 198/2 Dawson's lumber was cut over pits by means of a rip-saw. |
Hence ˈrip-saw v., to cut with a rip-saw.
| 1885 Cent. Mag. Nov. 33, I ripsawed the lumber up here. |