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piercing saw

noun

, Jewelry.
  1. a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piercing saw1

First recorded in 1870–75

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