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Handsaw

noun

A saw used with one hand for cutting wood. Synonyms: carpenter's saw, hand saw.

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"Handsaw" Quotes from Famous Books

... of this bird was Hern, or Hernshaw, from which was derived the saying, "He does not know a Hawk from a Hernshaw." The last word has been corrupted into "handsaw," rendering the ...

— Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography [July 1897] - A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life • Various

... mad for rations! There's no feigning there, Poppins. The world is doing that. But, Poppins, Hamlet feigned; and so do I. Let the wind blow as it may, I know a hawk from a handsaw. Therefore ...

— The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson - By One of the Firm • Anthony Trollope

... the rejoinder, as he peered into the obscurity where I lay. "Ay, Typee, my king of the cannibals, is it you I But I say, my lad, how's that spar of your'n? the mate says it's in a devil of a way; and last night set the steward to sharpening the handsaw: hope he won't ...

— Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas • Herman Melville

... of the silver maple tree, and it's growed up so thick all over his garden that a cat can't crawl through it. There's about forty million shoots and suckers in that garden, and they'll have to be cut out with a handsaw. It'll take about ...

— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)

Words linked to "Handsaw" : coping saw, keyhole saw, back saw, pruning saw, ripsaw, cutoff saw, backsaw, saw, crosscut saw, splitsaw, compass saw