From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See
{Say}, v. t. and cf. {Saga}.]
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1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all
his sawe." --Chaucer.
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2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
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His champions are the prophets and apostles,
His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. --Shak.
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3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.]
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[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
--Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\ (s[add]),
imp. of {See}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[aum]ge,
OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[*a]g, Icel. s["o]g, L.
secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe},
{Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.]
An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood,
iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel,
with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove
successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
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Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first
part of a compound.
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{Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc. See under {Band},
{Crosscut}, etc.
{Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its
periphery, and revolved on an arbor.
{Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing,
especially with a circular saw which projects above the
table.
{Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for
sharpening saw teeth.
{Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the
saw, or gang of saws, is held.
{Saw gate}, a saw frame.
{Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in
which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set
of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which
is too fine for the seeds to pass.
{Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants
having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp
teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and
the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf.
{Razor grass}, under {Razor}.
{Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.
{Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened
for running.
{Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one
standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer.
{Saw sharpener} (Zool.), the great titmouse; -- so named from
its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.]
{Saw whetter} (Zool.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus
palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.]
{Scroll saw}, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge,
stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved
outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by
foot or power.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\, v. t. [imp. {Sawed}; p. p. {Sawed} or {Sawn}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Sawing}.]
1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw
timber or marble.
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2. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or
planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or
planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
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3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Saw \Saw\, v. i.
1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
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2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
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3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
See \See\ (s[=e]), v. t. [imp. {Saw} (s[add]); p. p. {Seen}
(s[=e]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon,
AS. se['o]n; akin to OFries. s[imac]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG.
sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth.
sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so
originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. "e`pesqai,
Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sue} to follow.]
1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence
and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to
behold; to descry; to view.
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I will now turn aside, and see this great sight.
--Ex. iii. 3.
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2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or
conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to
discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to
ascertain.
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Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
14.
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Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii.
34.
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Who's so gross
That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak.
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3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to
regard attentively; to look after. --Shak.
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I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not
care for contradicting him. --Addison.
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4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call
upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.
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And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of
his death. --1 Sam. xv.
35.
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5. To fall in with; to meet or associate with; to have
intercourse or communication with; hence, to have
knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
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Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast
afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen
evil. --Ps. xc. 15.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my
saying, he shall never see death. --John viii.
51.
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Improvement in wisdom and prudence by seeing men.
--Locke.
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6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to
see one home; to see one aboard the cars.
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7. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or
to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.
"I'll see you and raise you ten."
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{God you see} (or {God him see} or {God me see}, etc.), God
keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
{To see (anything) out}, to see (it) to the end; to be
present at, work at, or attend, to the end.
{To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; --
sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.]
{To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the
end of a course or an undertaking.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saw
n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: {proverb}, {adage}, {saw}, {byword}]
2: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: {power saw}, {saw},
{sawing machine}]
v 1: cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
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