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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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.
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