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saw log

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noun
  1. a log large enough to saw into boards.
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Origin of saw log

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
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Examples from the Web for saw log

Historical Examples

  • Are you a inviten' me to pound you over the head with a saw-log?

    The Citizen-Soldier

    John Beatty

  • He may fall offen a saw-log and git drowned, and you git her yit.

  • He saw the boiling eddies of the Halfway Pool, capable of sucking down a saw-log.

    The Forest

    Stewart Edward White