plain-saw
[ pleyn-saw ]
verb (used with object),plain-sawed, plain-sawed or plain-sawn, plain-saw·ing.
to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
Origin of plain-saw
1First recorded in 1950–55
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How to use plain-saw in a sentence
People who had heard her called plain saw her and wondered where other people's eyes were.
Anne Of Avonlea | Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe company clerks who looked out over the sandy plain saw miles away a dust cloud which meant but one thing.
The Covered Wagon | Emerson HoughExcept for the beveling of the mold for the curtain wall recesses, the framing is all plain saw and hammer work.
Concrete Construction | Halbert P. Gillette
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