slash-saw
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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Boards ordinarily sawn from logs are "slash-sawn," i. e., they are tangential or bastard, each cut parallel to the previous one.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
Yellow pine flooring that is rift-sawn is more valuable than slash-sawn, because the edge of the annual rings makes a more even grain, Fig.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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