Definition 2024
sawing
sawing
English
Verb
sawing
- present participle of saw
Noun
sawing (plural sawings)
- (chiefly plural) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
- 1892, The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry (volume 6, page 388)
- We find that from a sample of sawings of the usual size a button or small bar fairly representing the sample can be cast from about 2,000 grains.
