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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A saw worked by two people, one standing on the log and the other beneath it, often in a pit.
2. 2
   a large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below wordnet

Etymology

From pit + saw.

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