Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A straight saw placed in a gate or frame which is given a reciprocating motion; one of the saws in a gang-saw. See cut under saw, 1.

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Examples

  • It can be checked easily during filing with the top end of the mill-saw file (3b).

    Chapter 6 1989

  • It is like the sound produced by the filing of a mill-saw, and is said to be the amatory note of the male, being heard only during the season of incubation.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various

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