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rift sawn

rift sawn is the past participle of rift saw.

rift sawn is the alternative form of riftsawn.

Meaning of rift saw

Verb

rift saw (third-person singular simple present rift saws, present participle rift sawing, simple past rift sawed, past participle rift sawn)

  1. To cut a log into boards by first quartering and then cutting radially at an angle of 30-60 degrees to the grain (as opposed to quartersaw, which involves cutting radially at an angle of 60-90 degrees).
    • Softwood flooring, such as pitch pine, Oregon pine and deal, should be rift sawn if a good finish and even wearing surface are required.1956, Edward Molloy, Builder's and Decorator's Reference Book

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Meaning of riftsawn

Adjective

riftsawn (not comparable)

  1. Sawn radially, so the annual rings are at an angle of nearly 90° to the faces.

Questions about rift sawn

What is rift sawn the past participle of?
Rift sawn is the past participle of rift saw.

Words near rift sawn in the dictionary

  1. rifs
  2. rift
  3. rift saw
  4. rift sawed
  5. rift sawing
  6. rift sawn
  7. rift saws
  8. rift valley
  9. Rift Valley fever
  10. rift valleys
  11. rift zone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rift sawn (page history and authors); rift saw (page history and authors); riftsawn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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