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