† drug sawn.
Obsolete.
A cross-cut saw. Cf. drag-saw n. at drag n. Compounds 2.
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thwart-saw1404
drug saw1578
cross-cut1848
1578 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 255 Ane litle drug saw for wrichtis.
c1686 Depredations Clan Campbell (1816) 53 (Jam.) Drug-saw, bow saw, and others.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. 351/2 Drug saw, a saw for cross-cutting timber.., synon. Cross-cut-saw.
1866 Rep. Secretary of Treasury on Commerce & Navigation (U.S. Govt.) 285 (table) Mill, pit, and drug saws: 12½ cts. per lineal foot; over 9 inches wide, 20 cts. per foot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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