Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument used to wrest or turn the teeth of saws alternately to the right and left so that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade. Also called
saw-wrest .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also
saw-wrest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tool used to bend each alternate sawtooth at a slight angle outward
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For this purpose a saw-set, Fig. 98, is necessary.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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IN the year 1894 Mr. Smith, a carpenter, of Philadelphia, had patented a new saw-set.
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