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Definition of Resawn
1. resaw [v] - See also: resaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resawn
Literary usage of Resawn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handwork in Wood by William Noyes (1910)
"... Any of these may be dressed down to thinner boards, or resawn on a special
... are desired it is often economical to buy inch stuff and have it resawn. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United by United States District Court (New York), Robert Dewey Benedict, United States District Court (Vermont) (1876)
"A vessel was chartered to carry timber and lumber, not less thun half of which
was to be " resawn." The cargo furnished was not half " resawn," but in great ..."
3. Patternmaking: A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Patterns by Joseph Atkinson Shelly (1920)
"Dressed and resawn Lumber. —• Lumber that is planed is said to be "dressed" and
... resawn lumber is sawn again from the mill sizes in order to save stock. ..."
4. Timber, Its Strength, Seasoning, and Grading by Harold Scofield Betts (1919)
"The Gulf Coast Classification of resawn lumber and sawn timber was first issued
... Under " resawn Lumber" the different kinds of lumber are classified as ..."
5. Timber, Its Strength, Seasoning, and Grading by Harold Scofield Betts (1919)
"Under " resawn Lumber" the different kinds of lumber are classified as flooring,
boards and planks, deals, scantling, dimension, kiln-dried saps, ..."
6. Rules and Specifications for the Grading of Lumber: Adopted by the Various by Elmer Reed Hodson (1906)
"[The Gulf Coast Classification of Pitch Pine resawn Lumber. ... The term " resawn
lumber " shall include all of the sizes referred to in this classification ..."
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