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Definition of Fretsaws
1. fretsaw [n] - See also: fretsaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fretsaws
Literary usage of Fretsaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Statute of Limitations: (21 Jac. I. C. 16.) by William Ballantine, John L. Tillinghast (1829)
"Rochell ads. Holmes, 2 Bay's Rep. 487. 4- ride Saxon f, Ux. vs. Barksdale ff Al.
4 Eq. Rep. (fretsaws) 522. 528. Den ex dem. Park vs. ..."
2. Notes on Dental Metallurgy, for the Use of Dental Students and Practitioners by Walter Bruce Hepburn (1922)
"... and with indium as the iridio-platinum alloy; with traces of zinc from dies,
lead from counter-dies, steel from broken fretsaws, dust from metal files, ..."
3. Tools and Machines by Charles Barnard (1903)
"For small work at home there are a number of very useful little sawing-machines
called jig-saws and fretsaws. They use a short saw-blade supported in a ..."
4. The Soul of London: A Survey of a Modern City by Ford Madox Ford (1905)
"He rather lost his looks and his clothes were always dusted with the little
particles of wood that fall away from the teeth of fretsaws. ..."
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