sawier
sawier is the obsolete form of sawyer.
Meaning of sawyer
Noun
sawyer (plural sawyers)
- One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
- A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
- ‘A’most used-up I am, I do declare!’ she observed. ‘The jolting in the cars is pretty nigh as bad as if the rail was full of snags and sawyers.’1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC
- A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
- The bowfin.
Forms of sawier
| plural | sawiers |
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Questions about sawier
- What is sawier the obsolete form of?
- Sawier is the obsolete form of sawyer.
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