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Back saw   /bæk sɔ/   Listen
Back saw

noun
1.
A handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge.  Synonym: backsaw.






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"Back saw" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the sight of happiness conferred by himself filled his heart with satisfaction: but having passed three hours in this harmless luxury, he was alarmed on a sudden by an universal scream among the women, and turning back saw the whole assembly flying in confusion. A young crocodile had risen out of the lake, and was ranging the garden in wantonness or hunger. Seged beheld him with indignation, as a disturber of his felicity, and chased him back into the lake, but could not persuade his retinue to stay, or free their ...
— The Works of Samuel Johnson - Volume IV [The Rambler and The Adventurer] • Samuel Johnson

... the top of the hill I dismounted to rest my horse, and looking back saw the bushes moving in several places. As there were no cattle or game in that vicinity, I knew the movements to be caused by Indians, and was more positive of it, when, after firing several shots at the spot where I saw the bushes ...
— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman



Words linked to "Back saw" :   hand saw, handsaw, carpenter's saw, backsaw



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