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Webster 1913 Edition


Resaw

Re-saw′

(r[GREEK]-s[GREEK]′)
,
Verb.
T.
To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.

Definition 2024


resaw

resaw

English

Verb

resaw (third-person singular simple present resaws, present participle resawing, simple past resawed, past participle resawn)

  1. (transitive) To saw again or anew.
    • 2007 November 15, Tim Mckeough, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times:
      For instance, the old Sears building in Chicago was built with wood trusses; we get beams like that and resaw them to make flooring.

Etymology 2

re- + saw

Verb

resaw

  1. simple past tense of resee