n. 1 a person who saws timber professionally. 2 US an uprooted tree held fast by one end in a river. 3 NZ a large wingless horned grasshopper whose grubs bore in wood.
[ ME, earlier sawer, f. SAW(1) ]
n. 1 a person who saws timber professionally. 2 US an uprooted tree held fast by one end in a river. 3 NZ a large wingless horned grasshopper whose grubs bore in wood.
[ ME, earlier sawer, f. SAW(1) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012