SAW

see: see II. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English sagu; akin to Old High German sega ~, Latin secare to cut Date: before 12th century a hand or power tool or a machine used to cut hard material (as wood, metal, or bone) and equipped usually with a toothed blade or disk, ~like adjective III. verb (~ed; ~ed or ~n; ~ing) Date: 13th century transitive verb to cut with a ~, to produce or form by cutting with a ~, to slash as though with a ~, intransitive verb 1. to use a ~, to cut with or as if with a ~, to undergo cutting with a ~, to make motions as though using a ~ , ~er noun IV. noun see: say Date: before 12th century maxim , proverb