Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small hand-saw having a web which resembles the blade of a table-knife.
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Examples
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Up came the long saw-knife, and Mr. Hatch jumped down from his seat and bent over, looking at something on the ground.
Sunny Boy in the Country Ramy Allison White 1916
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Certain superstitions also exist in regard to the method of cutting the funis, a dull instrument being frequently used, probably on the principle of the modern saw-knife, as bruising and crushing rather than cutting, and thus preventing hemorrhage.
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