transitive. To split or cleave (timber); to saw in the direction of the grain, to cut with a ripsaw. Also in arrow-making: †to work (a piece of…

(intransitive) to work a whip-saw; transitive to cut with a whip-saw; figurative (U.S. slang) to have or get the advantage of thoroughly, to…

To cut (wood) with a buck-saw.

(transitive) to cut or shape with a jig-saw; also, to fit together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Frequently figurative.

intransitive and transitive. To cut with a ripsaw. Also figurative.

transitive. To saw (timber), esp. in a sawmill.

(a) n. = kerf, n. 2; (b) v. transitive, to make a saw-kerf in.

transitive to saw (a log) radially into quarters, to produce (a board, etc.) by quarter sawing; also intransitive with object implied.

To cut (wood) with a buzz-saw. U.S.

(transitive) to produce (a piece of timber) by sawing at an angle of less than 45° to the growth rings (chiefly in passive).