SAW
NOUNS
► BEAR’S PAW a saw → 20C rhyming sl.
► CHOPPER a hacksaw; a hacksaw blade → 1950 US sl.
► SAY a saw → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► SAWYER a workman whose business it is to saw timber, especially in a saw-pit; one whose occupation is to saw timber into planks, or to saw up wood for fuel → 1350
VERBS
► FIDDLE to saw → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SAY to saw → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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