saw log
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saw log
An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
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Lumberjacks like Andrews have nowhere to go with anything that’s not a grade-A saw log; sawmills have nowhere to send the scraps that remain when a cylindrical log is cut into rectangular boards.
From Slate ● May 7, 2021
A saw log containing six hundred board feet weighs about one ton.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
A pine tree large enough for a saw log is growing in the bottom of the Crater, since the 1,500 skeletons had been removed to national cemeteries.
From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by James Carson Elliott
The story of the woods," he began, "the story of the saw log.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
Dey take big tree en saw log off en set it up just like a tub.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
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