power saw

¹

noun

1. a saw driven by a motor.

power-saw

²

[ pou-er-saw ]

verb (used with object)

, pow·er-sawed, pow·er-sawed or pow·er-sawn, pow·er-saw·ing.

1. to cut with a power saw.

Word History and Origins

Origin of power saw¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Across the way, Pinky, a Goffin’s cockatoo, the castoff of a bitter custody battle between his original female owner and the husband who threatened to spite her by cutting off her beloved pet’s wings, was mimicking a blue jay’s high-pitched power-saw plaint.

From New York Times

In the summer of 2013, the regional government withheld permission for “Pilorama” — a civic forum named after the power-saw log splitter used by prisoners — to take place at the camp.

From Washington Post

From this description of the primitive power-saw, it would seem that it was probably fast only at one end, and that the broch and rigall performed the part of the arm in the common use of the handsaw.

From Project Gutenberg

If plaintiffs argue that power-saw makers irresponsibly ignored a better technology, "the industry might get the message and adopt this technology," Singer says.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the low-arched expansion-tanks on either side the valves descend pillarwise to the turbine-chests, and thence the obedient gas whirls through the spirals of blades with a force that would whip the teeth out of a power-saw.

From Project Gutenberg