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Definition of Sawed-off

1. Adjective. Well below average height.

Definition of Sawed-off

1. Adjective. Shortened by sawing. ¹

2. Adjective. (slang) Short (as though something that should be there isn't). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawed-off

Literary usage of Sawed-off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1899)
"Once more Sawed-Off towered at the bat; he was willing to take another bruise if he could be assured of getting to first base, but the pitcher was so wary ..."

2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"A surgical instrument, formerly used to elevate the piece of bune sawed off by the trephine. TIRE-TÊTE "(F.), (li'rer, 'to draw,' and lele, ..."

3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"... and 1 thought they might be in the came piece of wood, which was sawed off' when the sign was taken down. Had he the hooks when you spoke to him ? ..."

4. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"Family prayer cannot avail much where those boards are sawed off too close. A RURAL PUBLISHER. ... sawed off ..."

5. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1914)
"Piles are frequently sawed off under 10 to 15 feet of water, ... When the piles are sawed off under water, the timber structure which intervenes between the ..."

6. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1889)
"When above water, piles are usually sawed off by hand ; and when below, by machinery—usually a circular saw on a vertical shaft held between the leaders of ..."

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