saw-pit

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SAW'-PIT, noun A pit over which timber is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. SAW'-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Serratula, so named from its serrated leaves. SAW'-WREST, noun An instrument used to wrest or turn the teeth of saws a little outwards, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade.
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