handsaw
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Different sizes of handsaws
See also: hand saw
English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English handsawe, handsagh, equivalent to hand + saw. Cognate with West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”), German Handsäge (“handsaw”), Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”).
Noun
handsaw (plural handsaws)
- A saw small enough to be used by one hand.
Coordinate terms
- backsaw, a handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge
- crosscut saw
Translations
saw small enough to be used by one hand
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Etymology 2
Corruption of heronshaw.
Noun
handsaw (plural handsaws)
- (obsolete) A heron.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act II, scene II:
- When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.