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undersawyer

undersawyer noun: a sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.

Noun

undersawyer (plural undersawyers)

  1. A sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.
    • As he was sawing into boards a very large oak-tree, something fell from the very heart of it almost into his mouth, for poor Ebenezer was only an undersawyer.1872, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Clara Vaughan, volume 1, page 125

Forms of undersawyer

pluralundersawyers

Origin of undersawyer

From under- + sawyer.

Questions about undersawyer

What does undersawyer mean?
Undersawyer means a sawyer who works in a sawpit, underneath the wood being sawn.
What part of speech is undersawyer?
Undersawyer is a noun.
What is the plural of undersawyer?
The plural of undersawyer is undersawyers.

Words near undersawyer in the dictionary

  1. undersaver
  2. undersavers
  3. undersaves
  4. undersaving
  5. undersaw
  6. undersawyer
  7. undersawyers
  8. undersay
  9. undersaying
  10. undersays
  11. underscan

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