English Explanatory Dictionary

rift saw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A circular saw with toothed arms for cutting logs radially.
verb
  1. To cut a log into boards by first quartering and then cutting radially at an angle of 30-60 degrees to the grain (as opposed to quartersaw, which involves cutting radially at an angle of 60-90 degrees).

Word forms

rift saw rift saws rift sawing rift sawed rift sawn
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