SAW

imp. of See.

Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] "To hearken all his sawe." Chaucer.

A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak.

Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.] [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.

An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.

To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.

Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.

To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.

To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.

To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.