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ripsaw
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ripsaw has 1 sense
- ripsaw(n = noun.artifact) splitsaw - a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood; Array is a kind of carpenter's saw, hand saw, handsaw
CIDE DICTIONARY
A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the grain (the fiber); -- called also ripping saw . [1913 Webster]
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