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plain-saw

American  
[pleyn-saw] / ˈpleɪnˌsɔ /

verb (used with object)

plain-sawed, plain-sawed, plain-sawn, plain-sawing.

  1. to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.

Etymology

Origin of plain-saw

First recorded in 1950–55

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