2. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or
planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or
planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
[1913 Webster]
3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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