RIPSAW

ripsaw, splitsaw

(noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• rake and scrape (Bahamas)

Antonyms

• crosscut saw

Verb

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



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