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sawpits

sawpits is the plural of sawpit.

Meaning of sawpit

Noun

sawpit (plural sawpits)

  1. A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawn with a long two-handled saw (a pitsaw) by two people, one standing above the timber and the other in the pit below.
    • [V]pon a ſodaine, / As Falſtaffe, ſhe, and I, are newly met, / Let them [children dressed like "urchins, ouphes and fairies"] from forth a ſaw-pit ruſh at once / With ſome diffuſed ſong: Vpon their ſight / We two, in great amazedneſſe will flye: […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of sawpits

alternative formsaw-pits
alternative formsaw pits

Questions about sawpits

What is sawpits the plural of?
Sawpits is the plural of sawpit.

Words near sawpits in the dictionary

  1. sawnwork
  2. Sawny
  3. sawpalate
  4. sawpit
  5. Sawpit Creek
  6. sawpits
  7. sawqui
  8. Sawrey
  9. Sawreys
  10. saws
  11. saws gourds

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