sawing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ

Verb

sawing

1. present participle and gerund of saw

Noun

sawing (plural sawings)

1. The act by which something is sawn.
   • 1966, Finnish Paper and Timber, volumes 17-20, page 168:

     As said, these investigations generally do not pay attention to saw kerf width and green size of sawn timber. These studies have mainly been made by practical test sawings and subsequently checked by geometric calculations.

2. (usually in the plural) A shaving or fragment of sawn material.
   • 1892, The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry, volume 6, page 388:

     We find that from a sample of sawings of the usual size a button or small bar fairly representing the sample can be cast from about 2,000 grains.

Anagrams

• aswing, saw gin, wigans

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈwiŋ/ [sɐˈwiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Syllabification: sa‧wing

Noun

sawíng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏᜒᜅ᜔)

1. small, wide-brimmed native straw hat usually made of palm leaves and the like (used especially by harvesters against the sun)

See also

• salakot
• sambalilo
• kapasete
• kupya

Anagrams

• wangis, siwang, singaw