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sawyer |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sawyer \Saw"yer\, n. [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf {Sawer}.] 1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer. 2. A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current. [U.S.] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The bowfin. [Local, U.S.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sawyer n 1: one who is employed to saw wood 2: any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers [syn: {sawyer beetle}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Sawyer, KS (city, FIPS 63275) Location: 37.49773 N, 98.68269 W Population (1990): 183 (88 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67134 Sawyer, KY Zip code(s): 42643 Sawyer, MI Zip code(s): 49125 Sawyer, MN Zip code(s): 55780 Sawyer, ND (city, FIPS 70980) Location: 48.08933 N, 101.05399 W Population (1990): 319 (143 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58781 Sawyer, OK Zip code(s): 74756
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