saw log
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saw log
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
Example Sentences
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Lumberjacks like Andrews have nowhere to go with anything that’s not a grade-A saw log; sawmills have nowhere to send the scraps that remain when a cylindrical log is cut into rectangular boards.
From Slate ● May 7, 2021
But a man involved closely in the practical management of a saw log may conceivably possess scant leisure to correlate the scattered efforts of such divergent activities.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
A pine tree large enough for a saw log is growing in the bottom of the Crater, since the 1,500 skeletons had been removed to national cemeteries.
From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by Elliott, James Carson
His eyes traveled downward and they saw log walls almost covered with furs and skins, but with rifles, axes, and other weapons and implements on hooks between.
From The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
A short three feet from the spot on which he stood, the first saw log of the many that might have overwhelmed him thrust forward its ugly head.
From The Riverman by White, Stewart Edward
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