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They are one-storied, and of unsawn lumber plastered with clay.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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Trees with a central dark wood, like Jack, may be left unsawn for some years, but trees which have not, like Neeral or Mango, should be sawn up as soon as they are dry.
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These rafts on other rivers are, I think, generally made of unsawn timber.
North America 1862
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These rafts on other rivers are, I think, generally made of unsawn timber.
North America — Volume 1 Anthony Trollope 1848
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In "Dakar", the unsawn strings swarm together like bees in a hive, crawling in and out, a sort of melodious vibration.
PopMatters 2008
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With very scarce resources and very little expenditure of materials, using local resources, occasionally palm trees -- because the palm tree can also be used, as has been shown, in beautiful building structures -- these one or two-storied cottages and the natural museum have been built, also using unsawn lumber and the help of the people's government, the voluntary work of the Granma youth, the effort of the workers and the peasants and the enthusiastic cooperation from this splendid brigade of road builders
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