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sawn

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  1. To cut (something) with a saw.“They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;”
  2. To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.“The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.”
  3. To be cut with a saw.“The timber saws smoothly.”
  4. To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.“to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)”

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