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71Saw, U — (1900 1948) A major colonial era political leader, who took the name Galon U Saw after serving as a defense attorney for Saya San (Hsaya San) in 1931. He established the Myochit or Patriot Party in 1938, and served as Burma s prime minister …
72saw — [sɔː] noun [C] I a tool that is used for cutting wood or metal II (past participle sawn [sɔːn] ) verb [I/T] saw [sɔː] to cut something with a saw • saw sth off III saw the past tense of see …
73Saw U — The Saw U is a classical Thai instrument. It has two strings, and can produce 8 notes. It is the lowest sounding Saw of the Saw family. [ [http://www.culture.go.th/research/musical/html/en musical central.php?musical=saw u :: Thai Folk Musical… …
74saw — A metal operating instrument having an edge of sharp, toothlike projections, for dividing bone, cartilage, or plaster; edges may be attached to a rigid band, a flexible wire or chain, or a motorized oscillator. [A.S. saga] Gigli s. a hand held …
75Saw — this rare and interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for someone who made saws. The derivation of the name is from the Middle English saghe, sawe , saw, and would be any of various hand tools …
76saw — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Saw is used before these nouns: ↑blade Saw is used after these nouns: ↑hand {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Saw is used with these nouns as the object: ↑log, ↑wood …
77saw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proverb, maxim; blade, handsaw, hacksaw, ripsaw, etc.; serration. See sharpness. v. t. cut, kerf; scratch, scrape, rasp, grate. See disjunction, friction. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of saws include:… …
78saw — Not counting the past tense of see, English has two words saw. The one meaning ‘toothed cutting tool’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic *sagō, a close relative of which produced German säge ‘saw’. This in turn was descended from an Indo… …
79saw — {{11}}saw (1) cutting tool, O.E. sagu, from P.Gmc. *sago a cutting tool (Cf. O.E. seax knife, O.N. sög, Norw. sag, Dan. sav, M.Du. saghe, Du. zaag, O.H.G. saga, Ger. Säge saw ), from P …
80saw — saw1 noun 1》 a hand tool for cutting wood and similar material, typically having a long, thin serrated blade and operated using a backwards and forwards movement. ↘a mechanical power driven cutting tool with a toothed rotating disc or moving… …
