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[ hand-saw ] / ˈhændˌsɔ /
nounany common saw with a handle at one end for manual operation with one hand. Origin of handsawlate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at hand, saw1 Words nearby handsawhandroll, handrub, hand-running, hands, hands are tied, handsaw, hand's-breadth, Hand-Schüller-Christian disease, hand screw, hand scroll, hands-down Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for handsawI will kill your parents, cut them to pieces with a handsaw, do you f--king understand me? Rock Star Shirley Manson From Garbage Battles a Cyberstalker|Christine Pelisek, Chris Lee|July 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST Definiteness and finality are as difficult of attainment as to tell a hawk from a handsaw when the wind is northerly. The Unpopular Review, Number 19|Various To know a hawk from a hernshaw is an ancient proverb, sometimes corrupted into handsaw. Hamlet|William Shakespeare "If your beard is as soft as your head, it won't hurt you to shave with a handsaw," retorted Mr. Wittleworth. Make or Break|Oliver Optic
Should he be driven aloft, there "to banquet on the morning," he were better reposing on a gridiron or sitting astride a handsaw. The South-West|Joseph Holt Ingraham For blooming Chia, Cupid has a feeling more than brotherly; He knows a handsaw from a hawk whenever winds are southerly. Echoes from the Sabine Farm|Roswell Martin Field and Eugene Field
British Dictionary definitions for handsaw
nounany saw for use in one hand only Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |