Ripsaw

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A coarse-toothed saw used for cutting wood along the grain.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip.
  • v. To cut with a ripsaw.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain (the fiber); -- called also ripping saw.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hand-saw the teeth of which have more rake and less set than a crosscut saw, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
    • Antonym
    crosscut saw   
    Verb Form
    ripsaws   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    handsaw    carpenter's saw   
    Variant
    ripping saw   
     
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