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plain-saw

[ pleyn-saw ]

verb (used with object)

, plain-sawed, plain-sawed or plain-sawn, plain-saw·ing.
  1. to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plain-saw1

First recorded in 1950–55

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