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

See under Palmetto.

An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.

Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.

A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.

Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.

See Saw-set.

See Souari nut.

The alewife. [Local, U.S.]

The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]

A nickname for a surgeon.

A sawhorse.

See Sauseflem. [Obs.]

A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder. Soft sawder, seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]

Dust or small fragments of wood 9or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.

One who saws; a sawyer.

ongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.

ng to the family Tenthredinidæ. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvæ resemble those of Lepidoptera.

nd of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.

A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.