ripsaw
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See also: rip saw
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ripsaw (countable and uncountable, plural ripsaws)
- (woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
- 2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 4-5:
- A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.
- (uncountable, music, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
Synonyms
[edit]- rake and scrape (Bahamas)
Antonyms
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[edit]type of saw
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Verb
[edit]ripsaw (third-person singular simple present ripsaws, present participle ripsawing, simple past and past participle ripsawed)
- To cut with a ripsaw.
Translations
[edit]to cut or saw with the grain of timber
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