"plain saw" meaning in English

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      "form": "plain saws",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plain sawing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plain sawed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plain sawn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1921, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan - Volume 83, Issue 22, page 178",
          "text": "Note the difference in dimension due to the Figure 2 shrinkage of the semi-dry piece, also the difference in \"cut\" of the boards; the shrunken board being quarter sawn, while the adjacent boards are plain sawn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Peter Oxenham, Integrated Science and Technology: Materials and Processes, page 36",
          "text": "The problem with plain sawing is that the outer planks tend to warp.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, P. F. Lye, Woodwork Theory - Book 3, page 9",
          "text": "The majority of softwoods and hardwoods, with the possible exception of oak, are plain sawn.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut into boards using parallel cuts that are tangential to the growth rings."
      ],
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          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ],
        [
          "parallel",
          "parallel"
        ],
        [
          "tangential",
          "tangential"
        ],
        [
          "growth ring",
          "growth ring"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cut into boards using parallel cuts that are tangential to the growth rings."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "plain saw"
}

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      "form": "plain saws",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1930, Herman Hjorth, Principles of Woodworking, page 83",
          "text": "Either a dado head or plain saws may be used on the circular saw for this purpose.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Evgeniĭ Ryss, Search Behind the Lines, page 26",
          "text": "There were two plain saws, a bow saw, a wood-chopper, two axes, three scythes, whetstones for sharpening scythes, files for sharpening the saws, tool kits, and a fairly good supply of nails.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A saw in which the blade has teeth with no pitch."
      ],
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          "saw",
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          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
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          "pitch",
          "pitch"
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      "form": "plain saws",
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "plain sawing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "plain sawed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plain sawn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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          "ref": "1921, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan - Volume 83, Issue 22, page 178",
          "text": "Note the difference in dimension due to the Figure 2 shrinkage of the semi-dry piece, also the difference in \"cut\" of the boards; the shrunken board being quarter sawn, while the adjacent boards are plain sawn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "text": "The problem with plain sawing is that the outer planks tend to warp.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, P. F. Lye, Woodwork Theory - Book 3, page 9",
          "text": "The majority of softwoods and hardwoods, with the possible exception of oak, are plain sawn.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To cut into boards using parallel cuts that are tangential to the growth rings."
      ],
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        ],
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          "parallel",
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        [
          "tangential",
          "tangential"
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          "growth ring",
          "growth ring"
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        "(transitive) To cut into boards using parallel cuts that are tangential to the growth rings."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "plain-saw"
    }
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  "word": "plain saw"
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1930, Herman Hjorth, Principles of Woodworking, page 83",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Evgeniĭ Ryss, Search Behind the Lines, page 26",
          "text": "There were two plain saws, a bow saw, a wood-chopper, two axes, three scythes, whetstones for sharpening scythes, files for sharpening the saws, tool kits, and a fairly good supply of nails.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A saw in which the blade has teeth with no pitch."
      ],
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        [
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          "saw"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "plain-saw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plain saw"
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