Saw"dust` (?), n. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.)
made by the cutting of a saw.
Saw"er` (?), n. One who saws; a sawyer.
Saw"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of elasmobranch
fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more
nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a
row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a
sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
Saw"fly` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous
insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidæ. The female usually has
an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes
incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs.
The larvæ resemble those of Lepidoptera.
Saw"horse` (?), n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's
cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called
also buck, and sawbuck.
Saw"mill` (?), n. A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber
or lumber.