Resaw

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards. transitive

    "For instance, the old Sears building in Chicago was built with wood trusses; we get beams like that and resaw them to make flooring."

  2. 2
    simple past of resee form-of, past

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"For instance, the old Sears building in Chicago was built with wood trusses; we get beams like that and resaw them to make flooring."

Etymology

From re- + saw.

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