Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coarse-toothed saw used for cutting wood along the grain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hand-saw the teeth of which have more rake and less set than a crosscut saw, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Carp.) A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain (the fiber); -- called also
ripping saw .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun woodworking A
saw that is designed to cutwood along itsgrain , i.e. torip . - verb To cut with a ripsaw.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jenny was still snoring, a sound like a ripsaw in wet timber.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Jenny was still snoring, a sound like a ripsaw in wet timber.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Jenny was still snoring, a sound like a ripsaw in wet timber.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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There was a big neon sign on the roof that appeared to spin like a ripsaw blade.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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The town of Aurora was besieged by the media, most of whom had all the sensitivity of a ripsaw.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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The town of Aurora was besieged by the media, most of whom had all the sensitivity of a ripsaw.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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There was a big neon sign on the roof that appeared to spin like a ripsaw blade.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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The town of Aurora was besieged by the media, most of whom had all the sensitivity of a ripsaw.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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The town of Aurora was besieged by the media, most of whom had all the sensitivity of a ripsaw.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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There was a big neon sign on the roof that appeared to spin like a ripsaw blade.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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