plain-saw
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of plain-saw
First recorded in 1950–55
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At this writing the plain-sawed costs, laid, usually 16 cents per square foot.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
Armchair of the Dining-Room Set This armchair will look well if made of plain-sawed oak.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
It may be built of plain-sawed red oak, or of quarter-sawed white oak.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
The screen shown in the accompanying illustration is made of burlap and plain-sawed oak.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
The desk shown in the illustration was made of plain-sawed white oak.
From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor
Kiln-drying of one inch oak, takes one or two weeks, quarter-sawn boards taking one and a half times as long as plain-sawn.
From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes
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