SEER-WOOD, [See Sear, and Sear-wood, dry wood.] SEE'-SAW, noun. [Qu. saw and saw, or sea and saw.] A vibrating or reciprocating motion. SEE'-SAW, v. i. To move with reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
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