SAWDUST

sawdust

(noun) fine particles of wood made by sawing wood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sawdust (usually uncountable, plural sawdusts)

The fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.

Verb

sawdust (third-person singular simple present sawdusts, present participle sawdusting, simple past and past participle sawdusted)

To sprinkle with sawdust.

[…] the raking out of yesterday's fire, the kindling of to-day's under the collegiate boiler, the filling of that Spartan vessel at the pump, the sweeping and sawdusting of the common room, and other such preparations.

Source: Wiktionary


Saw"dust`, n.

Definition: Dust or small fragments of wood 9or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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