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frame-saw
ˈframe-saw [f. frame n. + saw.] A thin saw stretched in a frame which gives it sufficient rigidity in its work (Knight).1678 Moxon Mech. Exerc. I. 99 The office of the Cheeks made to the Frame-Saw is, by the twisted Cord and Tongue..to..strain the Blade of the Saw the straighter. 1761 Brit. Mag. II....
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Frame saw
A frame saw or sash saw is a type of saw which consists of a relatively narrow and flexible blade held under tension within a (generally wooden) rectangular frame (also called a sash or gate). They are used for cutting wood or stone. The blade is held perpendicular to the plane of the frame, so that...
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whip-saw
whip-saw, n. (ˈhwɪpsɔː) Also whipsaw. [f. whip n. or v. + saw n.] 1. A frame-saw with a narrow blade, used esp. for curved work.1538 Elyot, Runcina, a whypsawe, wherwith tymber is sawen. 1552 in P. H. Hore Wexford (1901) 243 In the Storehouse at the Mynes..a whypp sawe. 1556 Richmond Wills (Surtees)...
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Out Of A Ducal Coronet Or, An Oak-Tree Ppr., Fructed Of The First And Penetrated Transversely By A Frame-Saw Of The Second, The Frame Or.
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sweep-
sweep- the verb-stem in combination. 1. In attrib. relation to the second element. (In some of these the first element may be sweep n.) sweep-bar = sway-bar (see sway-); sweep-board (see quot.); sweep-brush, a brush used by paperhangers for smoothing paper as it is laid on; sweep hand = sweep second...
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▪ I. gig, n.1 (gɪg) Forms: 3–8 gigg(e, 4–5 gygge, (6 ghyg), 6– gig. [Perh. onomatopœic; the identity of the word in all senses is very doubtful.] I. Something that whirls. † 1. A whipping-top. Obs.c 1440 [see whirligig]. 1570 Billingsley Euclid xi. def. xvi. 317 This solide [Cone] of many is called ...
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saw
▪ I. saw, n.1 (sɔː) Forms: 1 saᵹu, saᵹa, 4 sagh, 4–7 sawe, 5 sae, saghe, saȝe, 5– saw. [OE. *saᵹu str. fem., in oblique cases saᵹe (also saᵹa wk. masc.) = OHG. saga, MLG., MDu. sage (Du. zaag), ON. sǫg (Sw. såg, Da. sav, † saug):—OTeut. *sagā str. fem.; the ablaut-var. *segā appears in OHG. sega (MH...
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frame
▪ I. frame, n. (freɪm) [In sense 1, perh. a. ON. frame furtherance, advancement, or repr. the neut. of OE. fram adj., forward (see from prep.); cf. freme n. In the remaining senses, f. the vb.] † I. 1. Advantage, benefit, profit. Obs.c 1200 Ormin Ded. 17 Þu þohhtesst tatt itt mihhte wel Till mikell ...
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web
▪ I. web, n. (wɛb) Forms: 1 web, 1–2 webb, 3 weob, 3–8 webb, 4–5 veb(b, 4–7 webbe, 5–7 webe, 6 wabe, 3– web. Also Sc. and north. 6 vob, wobb(e, 6–9 wob, 7 woob, 8– 9 wab. [OE. web(b neut., corresp. to OFris. web, wob (WFris. web, webbe, NFris. wêb, wäb), OS. webbi (MLG. and LG. webbe), MDu. and Du. ...
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buck
▪ I. buck, n.1 (bʌk) Forms: (sense ‘he-goat’) 1 bucca, 2–3 buc, 3–4 bucke, 4–6 bukke; (senses ‘male deer’, etc.) 1, 5 buc, 3–5 bok, 4–7 bukke, bucke, 5 buk, 4– buck. [Orig. two words, OE. buc and bucca, which became indistinguishable in form after 11th c. So far as the evidence goes, OE. buc was use...
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tooth
▪ I. tooth, n. (tuːθ) Pl. teeth (tiːθ). Forms: see below, sense 1. [OE. tóþ, tóð (:—*tanþ), Com. Teut. and Com. Indo-Eur.; OFris. tôth, tond, (NFris. tôth, EFris. tond); OS. tand (MLG. tand, tan, LG. tan; MDu. tant (d), Du. tand; OHG. zana, zan (MHG. zant, zan, Ger. zahn); ON. tǫnn (:—tanþuz; Sw., D...
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