Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A straight saw placed in a gate or frame which is given a reciprocating motion; one of the saws in a gang-saw. See cut under
saw , 1.
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Examples
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It can be checked easily during filing with the top end of the mill-saw file (3b).
Chapter 6 1989
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It is like the sound produced by the filing of a mill-saw, and is said to be the amatory note of the male, being heard only during the season of incubation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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