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

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

Here we had planted the greatest continuous row of cannon I ever saw set for work in a battle.

From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Fuller, Charles Augustus

Feigned Zeal, you saw, set out the speedier pace; But the last heat, Plain Dealing won the race: Plain Dealing for a jewel has been known; But ne'er till now the jewel of a crown.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Arnold, Edward

He saw set before him the almighty Saviour and he cast himself into His arms; he trusted himself to that omnipotent love and cried, "Lord, have mercy upon me."

From The Master's Indwelling by Murray, Andrew