Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thin fret- or scroll-saw for cutting veneers.
  • noun A portable sawing-tool for light work.

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Examples

  • But there was so much danger that nobody would know how much he needed a jig-saw, that he finally compromised with his dignity, wrote on a virgin sheet of paper, "gig-saw," signed his name, "Horace Molyneux, Dec. 21," and left his other presents to conjecture.

    The Brick Moon, and Other Stories 1899

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