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Figure 48.—18th century: The handle of the compass saw, characteristically Dutch in shape, is an outstanding example of a recurring functional design, one which varied according to the hand of the sawer.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.

A strange story—a sawer and a gentleman; and what is stranger still Mr. Baily would not have any place but the sawpit for his observatory on the 15th May last.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

Life to a sawer of wood means bread.

From The Lighted Way by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)