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ripsaw

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From rip + saw.

  1. 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.

  2. A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

verb

Etymology: From rip + saw.

  1. To cut with a ripsaw.