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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To saw into quarters. See quartered, 4.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously.

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  • verb Alternative spelling of quartersaw.

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