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
It was a slice cut from the end of a saw log.
From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
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
I clung to a saw log until I struck the works of the Cambria Iron Company, when I caught on the roof of the building.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert
A saw log containing six hundred board feet weighs about one ton.
From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward
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