"handsaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handsaws [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English handsawe, handsagh, equivalent to hand + saw. Cognate with West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”), German Handsäge (“handsaw”), Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|handsawe}} Middle English handsawe, {{m|enm|handsagh}} handsagh, {{af|en|hand|saw}} hand + saw, {{cog|fy|hânseage|t=handsaw}} West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), {{cog|nl|handzaag|t=handsaw}} Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”), {{cog|de|Handsäge|t=handsaw}} German Handsäge (“handsaw”), {{cog|da|håndsav|t=handsaw}} Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), {{cog|sv|handsåg|t=handsaw}} Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), {{cog|is|handsög|t=handsaw}} Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} handsaw (plural handsaws)
  1. A saw small enough to be used by one hand. Coordinate_terms: backsaw, a handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge, crosscut saw Translations (saw small enough to be used by one hand): handsaag (Afrikaans), sharrë dore (Albanian), əl bıçqısı (Azerbaijani), əl mişarı (Azerbaijani), xırxı (Azerbaijani), нажо́ўка (nažóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ръчен трион (rǎčen trion) (Bulgarian), xerrac [masculine] (Catalan), 手鋸 (Chinese Mandarin), 手锯 (shǒujù) (Chinese Mandarin), viděl [feminine] (Czech), ruční pila [feminine] (Czech), handzaag [feminine] (Dutch), käsisaag (Estonian), vukssaag (Estonian), käsisaha (Finnish), égoïne [feminine] (French), scie à main [feminine] (French), scie égoïne [feminine] (French), serrón [masculine] (Galician), ხელის ხერხი (xelis xerxi) (Georgian), Fuchsschwanz [masculine] (German), Handsäge [feminine] (German), देखा (dekhā) (Hindi), fűrész (Hungarian), gergaji (Indonesian), sábh láimhe [masculine] (Irish), saracco [masculine] (Italian), 手びきのこ (tebikinoko) (alt: てびきのこ) (Japanese), 手のこぎり (tenokogiri) (alt: てのこぎり) (Japanese), gergaji (Malay), håndsag [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), handsag [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), handsag [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دستره (destere) (Ottoman Turkish), دستره (dastare) (Persian), دست اره (dast-arre) (Persian), piła [feminine] (Polish), serrote [masculine] (Portuguese), fierăstrău de mână [neuter] (Romanian), ножо́вка (nožóvka) [feminine] (Russian), ручна́я пила́ (ručnája pilá) [feminine] (Russian), тестера [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), testera [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), serrucho [masculine] (Spanish), fogsvans [common-gender] (Swedish), handsåg [common-gender] (Swedish), nakakita (Tagalog), nakita (Tagalog), ปื้น (bpeuun) (Thai), testere (Turkish), destere (Turkish), ножі́вка (nožívka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), qoʻllarra (Uzbek), cưa tay (Vietnamese), llawlif [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-handsaw-en-noun-9cLcP4Kv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand saw
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: handsaws [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of heronshaw. Etymology templates: {{m|en|heronshaw}} heronshaw Head templates: {{en-noun}} handsaw (plural handsaws)
  1. (obsolete) A heron. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Saws Categories (lifeform): Herons
    Sense id: en-handsaw-en-noun-8qYgrFxG Disambiguation of Saws: 39 61 Disambiguation of Herons: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand saw
Etymology number: 2

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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "roman": "dekhā",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "देखा"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "fűrész"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "gergaji"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "alt": "てびきのこ",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "手びきのこ"
        },
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          "alt": "てのこぎり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tenokogiri",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "手のこぎり"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "gergaji"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ota",
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          "roman": "destere",
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          "code": "fa",
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "serrote"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fierăstrău de mână"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nožóvka",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ножо́вка"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "ručnája pilá",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ручна́я пила́"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "тестера"
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          "code": "sh",
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "serrucho"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fogsvans"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "word": "handsåg"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "nakakita"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "nakita"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpeuun",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "ปื้น"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "testere"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nožívka",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ножі́вка"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "qoʻllarra"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
          "word": "cưa tay"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
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        "2": "Handsäge",
        "t": "handsaw"
      },
      "expansion": "German Handsäge (“handsaw”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "håndsav",
        "t": "handsaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish håndsav (“handsaw”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "handsåg",
        "t": "handsaw"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "handsög",
        "t": "handsaw"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English handsawe, handsagh, equivalent to hand + saw. Cognate with West Frisian hânseage (“handsaw”), Dutch handzaag (“handsaw”),\nGerman Handsäge (“handsaw”), Danish håndsav (“handsaw”), Swedish handsåg (“handsaw”), Icelandic handsög (“handsaw”).",
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      "form": "handsaws",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A saw small enough to be used by one hand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "saw",
          "saw"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hand saw"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "handsaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "sharrë dore"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "əl bıçqısı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "əl mişarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "xırxı"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nažóŭka",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нажо́ўка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rǎčen trion",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "ръчен трион"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerrac"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "手鋸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒujù",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "手锯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "viděl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruční pila"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "handzaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "käsisaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "vukssaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "käsisaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "égoïne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scie à main"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scie égoïne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xelis xerxi",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "ხელის ხერხი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fuchsschwanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Handsäge"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dekhā",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "देखा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "fűrész"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "gergaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sábh láimhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saracco"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てびきのこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tebikinoko",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "手びきのこ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てのこぎり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tenokogiri",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "手のこぎり"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "gergaji"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "håndsag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handsag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "handsag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "destere",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "دستره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dastare",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "دستره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dast-arre",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "دست اره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fierăstrău de mână"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nožóvka",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ножо́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ručnája pilá",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ручна́я пила́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тестера"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "testera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "serrucho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fogsvans"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handsåg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "nakakita"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "nakita"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpeuun",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "ปื้น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "testere"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "destere"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nožívka",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ножі́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "qoʻllarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "word": "cưa tay"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "saw small enough to be used by one hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llawlif"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hand saw"
  ],
  "word": "handsaw"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:Herons",
    "en:Saws"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "heronshaw"
      },
      "expansion": "heronshaw",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Corruption of heronshaw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handsaws",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "handsaw (plural handsaws)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act II, scene II",
          "text": "When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heron."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heron",
          "heron"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A heron."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hand saw"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hand saw"
  ],
  "word": "handsaw"
}

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