saw-toothed
See also: sawtoothed
English
Adjective
- Having a jagged edge like a saw.
- 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimes, London: Henry Fetherstone, Volume I, Book 2, Chapter 5, p. 79,
- But afterwards three of their Companie were slaine, who in seeking food for life, found death at the hand of naked Sauages, whose weapons were Saw-toothed Darts, which if they entred, must be cut out of the flesh.
- 1857, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Cambridge: Macmillan, Volume 3, Chapter 5, p. 135,
- […] everywhere between the poplar stems the saw-toothed outline of the western forts cuts the blue sky.
- 1929, Dashiell Hammett, The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 17, p. 149,[]
- Craning our necks, we could see that what we had taken for the shore-line on that side was actually a high, thin, saw-toothed ledge of rock […]
- 1982, Bernard Malamud, God’s Grace, New York: Avon, 1983, “The Flood,” p. 31,
- Hours later, having brought in the yellow raft laden with supplies to the green shore, then hidden them in the saw-toothed tall grass, an exhausted Cohn followed Buz into the forest.
- 1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimes, London: Henry Fetherstone, Volume I, Book 2, Chapter 5, p. 79,
Translations
having a jagged edge like a saw
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