SAWING
Verb
sawing
present participle of saw
Noun
sawing (plural sawings)
The act by which something is sawn.
(usually plural) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
Anagrams
• aswing, saw gin, wigans
Source: Wiktionary
SAW
Saw,
Definition: imp. of See.
Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See Say, v.
t. and cf. Saga.]
1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all his
sawe." Chaucer.
2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of
sacred writ. Shak.
3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.]
[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.
Saw, n. Etym: [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. säge, OHG.
sega, saga, Dan. sav, sw. såg, Icel. sög, L. secare to cut, securis
ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.]
Definition: An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood,
iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a
series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions
of the material by cutting and tearing.
Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound. Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band, Crosscut, etc.
– Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery,
and revolved on an arbor.
– Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing,
especially with a circular saw which projects above the table.
– Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening
saw teeth.
– Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or
gang of saws, is held.
– Saw gate, a saw frame.
– Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which
the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth, of a set of revolving
circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds
to pass.
– Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having
the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the
Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf. Razor grass, under
Razor.
– Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.
– Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for
running.
– Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one
standing below the timber and the other above. Mortimer.
– Saw sharpener (Zoöl.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its
harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Saw whetter (Zoöl.), the marsh
titmouse (Parus palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov.
Eng.] -- Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge,
stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a
machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power.
Saw, v. t. [imp. Sawed; p. p. Sawed or Sawn (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sawing.]
1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or
marble.
2. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that
is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to
saw out a panel.
3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Saw, v. i.
1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
SEE
See, n. Etym: [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat,
or the kindred sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. Siege.]
1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. Spenser.
2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the
jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an
archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an
archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or
Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome;
as, to appeal to the see of Rome. Apostolic see. See under Apostolic.
See, v. t. [imp. Saw; p. p. Seen; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] Etym: [OE.
seen, sen, seon, As. seón; akin to OFries. sia, D. zien, OS. & OHG.
sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sja, Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. saÃhwan, and
probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow
with the eyes). Gr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sun to follow.]
1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and
apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry;
to view.
I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. Ex. iii. 3.
2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to
note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to
understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. Gen.
xxxvii. 14.
Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. Mark xii. 34.
Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device Shak.
3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard
attentivelly; to look after. Shak.
I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for
centradicting him. Addison.
4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to
visit; as, to go to see a friend.
And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. 1
Sam. xv. 35.
5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence,
to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
and the years wherein we have seen evil. Ps. xc. 15.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall
never see death. John viii. 51.
Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. Locke.
6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one
home; to see one aboard the cars. God you (him, or me, etc.) see, God
keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
– To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be present at,
or attend, to the end.
– To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes
the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] -- To see (one)
through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an
undertaking.
See, v. i.
1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs;
to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
Whereas I was blind, now I see. John ix. 25.
2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to
know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition,
as through, or into.
For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might
see; and that they which see might be made blind. John ix. 39.
Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all
our fine pretensions. Tillotson.
3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to;
as, to see to the house.
See that ye fall not out by the way. Gen. xiv. 24.
Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or
to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some
scheme or calculation.
Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, -To get his place. Shak.
Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold.
"See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands." Halifax. To see about
a thing, to pay attention to it; to consider it.
– To see on, to look at. [Obs.] "She was full more blissful on to
see." Chaucer.
– To see to. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] "An altar
by Jordan, a great altar to see to" Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care
about; to look after; as, to see to a fire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition