Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The small particles of wood or other material that fall from an object being sawed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dust or small fragments of wood, stone, or other material, but particularly of wood, produced by the attrition of a saw.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Collective name for the fine particles (
dust ) ofwood created bysawing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
Etymologies
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Examples
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His beautiful tables and stools juxtapose various textures and are crafted using a mixture of resin and sawdust from a variety of different woods.
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And me, I'm going to be over here obsessing about the ice barges coming down river from the mountains with their precious cargo packed in sawdust and hay.
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On the island, quinces were traditionally packed in sawdust and stored in north-facing rooms.
Quince with Recipe for Pork and Quince Stew – Kydonato (Χοιρινό Kυδωνάτο)
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On the island, quinces were traditionally packed in sawdust and stored in north-facing rooms.
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And to-day the sawdust from the great ruthless mill at the head of the stream is fast filling up and spoiling the beautiful wavy stream, narrowing it even to the exclusion of canoes.
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ET), Jones travels to various countries to learn traditional sports — like Switzerland's Schwingen, which is wrestling in sawdust pits that involves grabbing opponents 'belts and rolled-up trousers — and then compete against locals.
Bengals' Dhani Jones spans globe for constant variety of sport
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ET), Jones travels to various countries to learn traditional sports — like Switzerland's Schwingen, which is wrestling in sawdust pits that involves grabbing opponents 'belts and rolled-up trousers — and then compete against locals.
Bengals linebacker Jones spans globe for constant variety of sport
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Now Aguila dropped to his haunches and seemed to be studying the floor, as if the sawdust were a spread of tea leaves in which he could read Zorrillo's location.
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It must be remembered, however, to saw just inside these dovetail-pin lines, otherwise the finished joint will be too slack, owing to the removal of the sawdust, which is practically equal to the thickness of the saw blade.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.
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A very unsuitable substance, however, was selected for the purpose, viz., sawdust, which is hygroscopic organic, and combustible.
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