saw set

American  

noun

1. an instrument used to bend out slightly the point of each alternate tooth of a saw so that the kerf made by the saw will be wider than its blade.

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saw set British  

noun

1. a tool used for setting the teeth of a saw, consisting of a type of clamp used to bend each tooth in turn at a slight angle to the plane of the saw to improve cutting, alternate teeth being bent in the same direction

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Etymology

Origin of saw set

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

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saw set

What they saw set some kind of a record, too; for bad pitching, and for edgy, spectacular play.

From Time Magazine Archive

—Do you recollect how Robinson Crusoe, having no saw, set to work to make a plank?

From Sophisms of the Protectionists by Horace White

The position of the rock bench, with its inner margin slightly above low tide, shows that it has been cut by some agent which acts like a horizontal saw set at about sea level.

From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

It is a plain soldierly narrative of what the writer actually did and saw, set down in unvarnished language, yet in English which it is a pleasure to read for its straightforward fluency.'—St.

From Mr. Edward Arnold's New and Popular Books, December, 1901 by Edward Arnold

By the lightning flashes they saw, set some distance back from the road, a large house.

From The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley by Laura Lee Hope

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