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n.
- a hand tool for cutting wood and similar material, typically having a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.
▸a mechanical power-driven cutting tool with a toothed rotating disc or moving band.
- Zoology a serrated organ or part, e.g. the toothed snout of a sawfish.
v.
(past part. chiefly Brit. sawn or chiefly N. Amer. sawed)
- cut, make, or form with a saw.
▸cut as if with a saw, especially roughly.
▸make rapid sawlike motions.
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(saw off)
Canadian compromise by making concessions.
Etymology
OE saga, of Gmc origin.
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Etymology
OE sagu ‘a saying, speech’, of Gmc origin; rel. to say and saga.