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Definition of Buzz saw
1. Noun. A power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle.
Specialized synonyms: Portable Circular Saw, Portable Saw, Table Saw
Generic synonyms: Power Saw, Saw, Sawing Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buzz Saw
Literary usage of Buzz saw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Domestic Explosives and Other Sixth Column Fancies: (From the New York Times) by William Livingston Alden (1877)
"THE BUZZ-SAW. THE recent partial destruction of a leading citizen of Sheboygan
by an infuriated buzz-saw calls renewed attention to the ferocious character ..."
2. Illustrative Cases Upon Equity Jurisprudence by Norman Fetter (1895)
"The only serious question in the case relates to the use of the buzz saw in front
of the mill. The plaintiff did not, by his deed, acquire the title to the ..."
3. Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence by Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Emmet Bunker (1903)
"The objection is not that the plaintiff propelled the buzz saw with the water
from the dam, as he had the right to use the water for any machinery and in ..."
4. Congested Prices by Moses Lewis Scudder (1883)
"denouncing the buzz-saw for the lost fingers and thumbs, or advocating its ...
The machinery of the Board of Trade is only a big commercial buzz- saw. ..."
5. Hot Stuff, by Famous Funny Men: Comprising Wit, Humor, Pathos, Ridicule by Melville De Lancey Landon (1901)
"Don't you think it would be a good thing if a buzz-saw could be invented that would
... Do you know anything more about a buzz-saw than any body else does? ..."
6. The Story of Patriot's Day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775: With by George Jones Varney (1895)
"... BUZZ-SAW [By Paul West.} A CONFUSION OF BATTLES IT was very nearly midnight,
On the streets of Boston town; Only now and then a person Was there walking ..."
7. Home-made Toys for Girls and Boys: Wooden and Cardboard Toys, Mechanical and by Albert Neely Hall (1915)
"A Buzz-Saw Whirligig is an interesting toy (Fig. 108). Lay out a disk about 5
inches in diameter upon a piece of cardboard, locate the position for the ..."
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