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back saw

noun

  1. a small handsaw stiffened along its upper edge by a metal section
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Chance looking back saw an invincible silent readiness and a pallor which might be that of any woman.

After planing the two vanes to size, the joint must be laid out with knife and gage lines and cut out with back-saw and chisel.

The portion cut off between the doorways can be sawed with the tip of the back-saw if the board is laid flat on the bench-hook.

I happened to hear a footfall in the snow behind us, and looking back saw Ann Jane Foster going slow in easy hearing.

When there he went on, and crossed the street, and looking back saw the club was lighted up.

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