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Definition of Fretsaw
1. Noun. Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines.
Definition of Fretsaw
1. Noun. A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension; used in making curved cuts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fretsaw
1. a narrow-bladed saw [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fretsaw
Literary usage of Fretsaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Camera (1907)
"The tools required: Л pair of compasses, a fretsaw (or a penknife, used with
sufficient care), a small screwdriver and bradawl, three or four small brass ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1899)
"Mr. I lose proceeds as follows :— The tooth is divided with a fretsaw, if a
transverse section be required, or ground down on both sides till the pulp is ..."
3. On English Poetry: Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of this Art by Robert Graves (1922)
"The public denies poetry to be labour; it is supposed to be a gentle recreation
like cutting out "Home Sweet Home" from three-ply wood with a fretsaw, ..."
4. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1913)
"Then the parts of the drawings representing the cavities of the objects are cut
out with a knife or fretsaw, cutting through the cardboard; and the pieces ..."
5. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"... made of the doorway; and after this a panel of the woodwork had to be removed
with a fretsaw in order that the lock and seal might not be damaged. ..."
6. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"... woodwork had to be removed with a fretsaw in order that the lock and seal
might not be damaged. At last, however, this was accomplished, ..."
7. Ornament & Its Application: A Book for Students, Treating in a Practical Way by Lewis Foreman Day (1904)
"To many forms of inlay a fret is as much the necessary preliminary as it is to
stencilling, and in marquetry the fretsaw finds its fit employment. ..."
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