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Definition of Sawdust
1. Noun. Fine particles of wood made by sawing wood.
Definition of Sawdust
1. n. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
Definition of Sawdust
1. Noun. Collective name for the fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sawdust
1. small particles of wood produced in sawing [n -S] : SAWDUSTY [adj]
Medical Definition of Sawdust
1. Dust or small fragments of wood 9or of stone, etc) made by the cutting of a saw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawdust
Literary usage of Sawdust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"sawdust from different woods has about the same insulating effect. The sawdust
must be thoroughly dried, otherwise its efficiency as insulation is very ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"The sawdust thus takes the place of the padding of loose gauze which is ...
I find that fourteen ounces of sawdust will readily absorb about one pint of ..."
3. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Royal Canadian Institute, Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1904)
"THE SINKING OF sawdust. As regards the sinking of sawdust, the following experiment
was typical of a large number which were carried out, ..."
4. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"I found that fine sawdust sank more rapidly than coarse. ... I may say that as
to the sinking of sawdust the general result was that from 50 to 80 per cent ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... sawdust, potassium ferrocyanide and potassium nitrate) ... sawdust, sodium
carbonate or sulphate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate and sulphur) ; saxi- ..."
6. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914)., Royal Canadian Institute (1904)
"THE SINKING OF sawdust. As regards the sinking of sawdust, the following experiment
was typical of a large number which were carried out, ..."
7. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"See Sawmills sawdust Extinguishing fires with sawdust. Eng & Min J 95:1149-50 Je
7 '13 ... Metal Ind ns 11:119-21 Mr 43 sawdust as a flre extinguisher. ..."
8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"sawdust from different woods has about the same insulating effect. The sawdust
must be thoroughly dried, otherwise its efficiency as insulation is very ..."
9. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1884)
"The sawdust thus takes the place of the padding of loose gauze which is ...
I find that fourteen ounces of sawdust will readily absorb about one pint of ..."
10. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Royal Canadian Institute, Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1904)
"THE SINKING OF sawdust. As regards the sinking of sawdust, the following experiment
was typical of a large number which were carried out, ..."
11. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"I found that fine sawdust sank more rapidly than coarse. ... I may say that as
to the sinking of sawdust the general result was that from 50 to 80 per cent ..."
12. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... sawdust, potassium ferrocyanide and potassium nitrate) ... sawdust, sodium
carbonate or sulphate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate and sulphur) ; saxi- ..."
13. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914)., Royal Canadian Institute (1904)
"THE SINKING OF sawdust. As regards the sinking of sawdust, the following experiment
was typical of a large number which were carried out, ..."
14. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"See Sawmills sawdust Extinguishing fires with sawdust. Eng & Min J 95:1149-50 Je
7 '13 ... Metal Ind ns 11:119-21 Mr 43 sawdust as a flre extinguisher. ..."
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