ripsaw, splitsaw
(noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ripsaw (plural ripsaws)
(woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
(uncountable, music genre, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
• rake and scrape (Bahamas)
• crosscut saw
ripsaw (third-person singular simple present ripsaws, present participle ripsawing, simple past and past participle ripsawed)
To cut with a ripsaw.
Source: Wiktionary
Rip"saw`, Etym: [See Rip, v. t., 4.] (Carp.)
Definition: A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
