saw

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. proverb, maxim; blade, handsaw, hacksaw, ripsaw, etc.; serration. See sharpness. —v. t. cut, kerf; scratch, scrape, rasp, grate. See disjunction, friction.

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(Roget's IV) n. Types of saws include: annular, circular, concave, crown, mill, ice, crosscut, band, rip, hand, panel, pruning, whip, wood, buck, keyhole, back, butcher's, hack, double, jig, table, chain, power, trephine; see also tool 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. cutting tool cutting instrument, blade, handsaw, circular saw, crosscut saw, bucksaw, hacksaw, coping saw.

2. saying maxim, proverb, truism, adage, aphorism, epigram, cliche.

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v.

rend, rip. see cut

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true: adage, aphorism, byword, maxim, motto, proverb, saying. See WORDS.