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seesaw

 

  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seesaw  \See"saw`\,  n.  [Probably  a  reduplication  of  saw,  to 
  express  the  alternate  motion  to  and  fro,  as  in  the  act  of 
  sawing.] 
  1.  A  play  among  children  in  which  they  are  seated  upon  the 
  opposite  ends  of  a  plank  which  is  balanced  in  the  middle, 
  and  move  alternately  up  and  down 
 
  2.  A  plank  or  board  adjusted  for  this  play. 
 
  3.  A  vibratory  or  reciprocating  motion. 
 
  He  has  been  arguing  in  a  circle;  there  is  thus  a 
  seesaw  between  the  hypothesis  and  fact  --Sir  W. 
  Hamilton. 
 
  4.  (Whist.)  Same  as  {Crossruff}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seesaw  \See"saw`\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Seesawad};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Seesawing}.] 
  To  move  with  a  reciprocating  motion;  to  move  backward  and 
  forward,  or  upward  and  downward. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seesaw  \See"saw`\,  v.  t. 
  To  cause  to  move  backward  and  forward  in  seesaw  fashion. 
 
  He  seesaws  himself  to  and  fro.  --Ld.  Lytton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seesaw  \See"saw`\,  a. 
  Moving  up  and  down  or  to  and  fro;  having  a  reciprocating 
  motion. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Crossruff  \Cross"ruff`\  (-r?f`),  n.  (Whist) 
  The  play  in  whist  where  partners  trump  each  a  different  suit, 
  and  lead  to  each  other  for  that  purpose;  --  called  also 
  {seesaw}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seesaw 
  n  :  a  plaything  that  is  ridden  up  and  down  by  children  at  either 
  end  [syn:  {teeter-toter},  {teeterboard}] 
  v  1:  ride  on  a  plank 
  2:  move  up  and  down  as  if  on  a  seesaw 
  3:  move  unsteadily,  with  a  rocking  motion  [syn:  {teeter},  {totter}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SEESAW 
 
    An  early  system  on  the  {IBM  701}. 
 
  [Listed  in  CACM  2(5):16  (May  1959)]. 
 
  (1994-12-15)




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