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saw-edged

saw-edged adjective: edged with teeth, as a saw; serrated.

Adjective

saw-edged (not comparable)

  1. Edged with teeth, as a saw; serrated.
    • 'How green her eyes are!' thought Ursula, and more than ever her teeth seemed saw-edged.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 243

Questions about saw-edged

What does saw-edged mean?
Saw-edged means edged with teeth, as a saw; serrated.
What part of speech is saw-edged?
Saw-edged is an adjective.

Words near saw-edged in the dictionary

  1. saw yellow
  2. saw'st
  3. saw-billed
  4. saw-cut
  5. saw-cuts
  6. saw-edged
  7. saw-grass
  8. saw-grasses
  9. saw-horse
  10. saw-horses
  11. saw-pit

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