Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compass-or keyhole-saw with a long and slender blade and fine teeth.
- noun A reciprocating scroll-saw mounted on a table and operated by a treadle. See
scrollsaw .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A narrow-bladed fine-toothed saw for cutting curved outlines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
saw consisting of a metalframe having a fine-toothed narrowblade held undertension ; used in making curved cuts
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines
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Examples
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Ptolemy Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were putting a jigsaw puzzle together, a scene of flowers, grass, and butterflies painted on thin wood that some master craftsman with a fretsaw had cut into small, irregular pieces.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Ptolemy Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were putting a jigsaw puzzle together, a scene of flowers, grass, and butterflies painted on thin wood that some master craftsman with a fretsaw had cut into small, irregular pieces.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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His idea of relaxation is working with his fretsaw.
Metamorphosis 2006
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His idea of relaxation is working with his fretsaw.
Metamorphosis Franz Kafka 1903
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Pencil, ruler, fretsaw: The new National Furniture School hopes to provide skilled graduates for Britain's craft industry
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Pencil, ruler, fretsaw: The new National Furniture School hopes to provide skilled graduates for Britain's craft industry
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Previously, puzzles were 'dissections' - not interlinked like modern sets - and were cut using a handheld fretsaw.
This is Money | Home 2010
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Previously, puzzles were 'dissections' - not interlinked like modern sets - and were cut using a handheld fretsaw.
This is Money | Home 2010
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Pencil, ruler, fretsaw: The new National Furniture School hopes to provide skilled graduates for Britain's craft industry
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'I had fun at Christmas, messing about a bit with the fretsaw.'
cafebabel.com 2009
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