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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pit over which timber is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw
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