Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sweep-saw; a turning-saw. See
frame-saw .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
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Examples
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This will be most readily done by a bow-saw after securing the block of wood in a vice, if these are not within reach, it can be done at
The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879
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