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SAW , a tool for cuttingSee also: wood or other material, consisting of a blade with the edge dentated or toothed and worked either by See also: hand or by steam, See also: water, electric or other power (see Tools)
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The word in O
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Eng. is saga and appears, in such forms as Dutch zaag, See also: Dan. sav, Ger
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See also: Sage, in Teutonic See also: languages
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The See also: root is sag-, to cut, which is seen in See also: Lat. secare
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It is also the See also: base of such See also: English words as See also: scythe, sickle, &c
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It must be distinguished from " saw," a See also: maxim, proverb, which is etymologically and in meaning a " saying," from the Teutonic base sag-, to say; cf
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" Saga," Ger. sagen
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