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backsaw

noun

Etymology

From back + saw.

  1. inherited from sawen
  2. derived from *sek-✻ — “to cut”
  3. inherited from *sagô✻
  4. inherited from *sagu✻
  5. inherited from saga
  6. inherited from sawe
  7. compounded as backsaw — “back + saw”

Definitions

  1. A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.

  2. To cut with a backsaw.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backsaw. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA