saw pit

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noun

a place for pit sawing.

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Origin of saw pit

First recorded in 1375–1425, saw pit is from the late Middle English word sawpytt.See saw¹, pit¹

Words nearby saw pit

sawn, Sawney, sawn-off, saw-off, saw palmetto, saw pit, saw set, sawtimber, sawtooth, saw-toothed, sawtooth roof

How to use saw pit in a sentence

But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.
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Because they stopped and I thought, “OK, that makes sense,” and then all of a sudden I saw another issue!
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“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.
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We just saw an edit of one called, “Doug Becomes A Feminist,” and I just really enjoyed watching it.
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In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for saw pit

saw-pit

noun

(esp formerly) a pit above which a log is sawn into planks with a large pitsaw

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