saw1
¦ noun
1. a hand tool for cutting wood and similar material, typically having a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement.
a mechanical power-driven cutting tool with a toothed rotating disc or moving band.
2. Zoology a serrated organ or part, e.g. the toothed snout of a sawfish.
¦ verb (past participle chiefly Brit. sawn or chiefly N. Amer. sawed)
1. cut, make, or form with a saw.
cut as if with a saw, especially roughly.
make rapid sawlike motions.
2. (saw off) Canadian compromise by making concessions.
Origin
OE saga, of Gmc origin.
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¦ noun a proverb or maxim.
Origin
OE
sagu 'a saying, speech', of Gmc origin; related to
say and
saga.