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saw log

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noun

a log large enough to saw into boards.

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Origin of saw log

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for saw log

Are you a inviten' me to pound you over the head with a saw-log?
The Citizen-Soldier|John Beatty
He saw the boiling eddies of the Halfway Pool, capable of sucking down a saw-log.
The Forest|Stewart Edward White
He may fall offen a saw-log and git drowned, and you git her yit.
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6)|John McElroy