ripsaw
noun
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noun
Etymology: From rip + saw.
- A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
“A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.”
- A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
verb
Etymology: From rip + saw.
- To cut with a ripsaw.