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Definition of Handsaw
1. Noun. A saw used with one hand for cutting wood.
Specialized synonyms: Back Saw, Backsaw, Compass Saw, Coping Saw, Crosscut Handsaw, Crosscut Saw, Cutoff Saw, Keyhole Saw, Pruning Saw, Ripsaw, Splitsaw
Generic synonyms: Saw
Definition of Handsaw
1. n. A saw used with one hand.
Definition of Handsaw
1. Noun. A saw small enough to be used by one hand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handsaw
1. a saw used manually [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handsaw
Literary usage of Handsaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wood-using Industries of New York by John Tyre Harris (1913)
"L axe or a handsaw, and cut and haul the stock to the factory during the winter
months. Cigar box lumber, on the other hand, is generally produced from the ..."
2. John Ploughman's Pictures: Or, More of His Plain Talk for Plain People by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1896)
"... A handsaw IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO SHAVE WITH. OUR friend will cut more
than he will eat, and shave off something more than hair, and then he will ..."
3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The handsaw taper single cat file, tapers to a small point. ... The handsaw taper
doable cat file is another triangular file with teeth "double-cut" and ..."
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