tenon saw

British  

noun

1. a small fine-toothed saw with a strong back, used esp for cutting tenons

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tenon saw

Then, with tenon saw, cut down each line c d to the depth of the gauge line, and, with a small chisel, remove the whole of the pieces between the nicks made by the saw.

From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe

With tenon saw make a nick at each of the four points g, in each case reaching to the outer of the semicircles, each nick being strictly at right angles.

From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe

Then, with the tenon saw, at each of the places marked a, b, c, and d, saw across a right angle slit 3⁄16 in. deep.

From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe

Lay out the tenons on the ends of the rails as shown in the sketch and cut with a tenon saw and chisel.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

Twice or thrice pinnate leaves, toothed like a tenon saw, with conspicuous veins ending in the notches, brand it as the beaver poison, otherwise known as the musquash root and spotted cowbane.

From Some Summer Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell