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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saw \Saw\ (s[add]), imp. of {See}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS sagu; akin to secgan to say See {Say}, v. t. and cf {Saga}.] 1. Something said speech; discourse. [Obs.] ``To hearken all his sawe.'' --Chaucer. 2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. --Shak. 3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.] [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s["a]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw s[*a]g, Icel. s["o]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax secula sickle. Cf {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc See under {Band}, {Crosscut}, etc {Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. {Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. {Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. {Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. {Saw gate}, a saw frame. {Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. {Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf {Razor grass}, under {Razor}. {Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. {Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. {Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer. {Saw sharpener} (Zo["o]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] {Saw whetter} (Zo["o]l.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saw \Saw\, v. i. 1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as a man saws well 2. To cut, as a saw; as the saw or mill saws fast 3. To be cut with a saw; as the timber saws smoothly. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saw \Saw\, v. t. [imp. {Sawed}; p. p. {Sawed} or {Sawn}; p. pr & vb n. {Sawing}.] 1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as to saw timber or marble. 2. To form by cutting with a saw; as to saw boards or planks, that is to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel. 3. Also used figuratively; as to saw the air. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr & vb n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As se['o]n; akin to OFries s[=i]a, D. zien, OS & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw se Dan. see Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr ??????, Skr. sac. Cf {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after --Shak. I had a mind to see him out and therefore did not care for centradicting him --Addison. 4. To have an interview with especially, to make a call upon to visit; as to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv 35. 5. To fall in with to have intercourse or communication with hence to have knowledge or experience of as to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon as to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, or me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me etc.) in his sight; God protect you [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} anything {out}, to see it to the end to be present at or attend, to the end {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see one through}, to help, watch, or guard one to the end of a course or an undertaking. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saw n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: {proverb}, {adage}, {byword}] 2: having a toothed blade for cutting 3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: {power saw}, {sawing machine}] v : cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: SAW, n. A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth. A penny saved is a penny to squander. A man is known by the company that he organizes. A bad workman quarrels with the man who calls him that A bird in the hand is worth what it will bring Better late than before anybody has invited you Example is better than following it Half a loaf is better than a whole one if there is much else. Think twice before you speak to a friend in need What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it Least said is soonest disavowed. He laughs best who laughs least. Speak of the Devil and he will hear about it Of two evils choose to be the least. Strike while your employer has a big contract. Where there's a will there's a won't.
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