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Definition of Ripsaw
1. Noun. A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood.
Definition of Ripsaw
1. v. t. A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw.
Definition of Ripsaw
1. Noun. (context: woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip. ¹
2. Verb. To cut with a ripsaw. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ripsaw
1. to saw wood by cutting with the grain [v -SAWED, -SAWN, -SAWING, -SAWS]
Medical Definition of Ripsaw
1. A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fibre. Synonym: ripping saw. See: Rip, 4. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripsaw
Literary usage of Ripsaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Nichols sued the Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation for damages on account of an
in- Jury alleged to have been received while he was running a ripsaw for the ..."
2. Revised Laws of Nevada: Containing State Statutes of a General Nature from by Nevada, James G. Sweeney, George Frederick Talbot, Frank Herbert Norcross (1920)
"In an action for injuries claimed to have been caused by a defective ripsaw
binding and heating, and throwing the block which plaintiff was sawing against ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"A self-feeding attachment to an ordinary rotary ripsaw, which was a hand-feeding
machine, usually and customarily operated and fed by hand, which attachment ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Appellate Court of the State by Indiana Appellate Court (1903)
"Etter. ing a ripsaw the negligence charged was that the surface of the table was
worn and uneven, and the slot in which the saw revolved was worn and ..."
5. Transferring Technologies for the Hardwood Industry: Wetwood Detection by Christopher W. Murdoch, Gary W. Holland, Sun J. Chang (1994)
"The defect detection for the ripsaw Optimizer uses four solid state charged ...
Overall, the ripsaw Optimizer has a throughput of 4 to 5 boards per minute ..."
6. Farm Shop Work: Practical Manual Training by George Marshall Brace, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1915)
"The teeth of a ripsaw are chisel-shaped, and each tooth cuts off a small piece
of wood across ... The front of a ripsaw tooth is perpendicular and the back ..."
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