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Handsaw

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A saw small enough to be used by one hand.
  2. 2
    A heron. obsolete

    "When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."

  3. 3
    a saw used with one hand for cutting wood wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English handsawe, handsagh, equivalent to hand + saw. Cognate with West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”), German Handsäge (“handsaw”), Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”).

Etymology 2

Corruption of heronshaw.

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