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Whipsaw   Listen
noun
Whipsaw  n.  
1.
A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
2.
A kind of narrow ripsaw, tapering from butt to point, with hook teeth and averaging from 5 to 7½ feet in length, used by one or two men.





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"Whipsaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... six men the following tools were deemed essential: five broad-hoes, five narrow-hoes, two broadaxes, five felling-axes, four handsaws, a whipsaw with equipment for filing, two hammers, three shovels, two spades, two augers, six chisels, two piercing tools, three gimlets, two hatchets, two frowes, two handbills, a grindstone, nails of all ...
— Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century - Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet Number 17 • Annie Lash Jester


Words linked to "Whipsaw" :   cheat, two-handed saw, two-man saw, pitsaw


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