单词 | hacksaw |
释义 | hacksawn. A saw with a narrow fine-toothed blade set in a frame, used esp. for cutting metal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > for cutting metal hacksaw1638 1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie 4 A scimitar cut lik a haksaw. 1777 D. Lescallier Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine i. 62/2 Hack saw, Scie faite d'une vieille faux. 1829 Farrier & Naturalist 1 Oct. 302 Either with a file or hack-saw, the shoe should be cut nearly through. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hack saw, used for cutting off the heads of bolts; made of a scythe fresh serrated. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 110/2 Some rather fussy mitering..was called for, so I used a carpenter's 45-degree miter box and a hacksaw. 1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man. (1998) 66/1 Others [sc. fishing poles] will need cutting back up to 6 inches with a fine-toothed hacksaw. 2004 Family Handyman Mar. 91/1 It's difficult to cut a thin metal pipe, such as a P-trap, with a hacksaw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hacksawv. 1. transitive. To cut (something, typically metal) with a hacksaw. Frequently in passive. Occasionally also intransitive. ΚΠ 1896 Outing Mar. 487/2 The socket.., made practically and easily by hacksawing a brass pipe of 3/8 in. inside diameter. 1939 C. Glick Curtains going Up 136 Despite protests from Mr Martin they [sc. steel columns] were hacksawed to thirty-six feet. 1946 Pop. Mech. June 213/1 (heading) Hacksawing in close quarters. 1948 Pop. Sci. Oct. 225/1 After all the holes were drilled and punched, the extra 1¼″ of chassis width was hacksawed off. 1977 Drive Sept. 112/2 Two crashed cars, hacksawn in halves then welded together to conceal the damage, is a cut and shut. 1982 Field & Stream Oct. 115/1 The new Shooting Editor of Field & Stream carrying a briar-battered 20-gauge double with its barrels hacksawed back to 24 inches. 1992 Harrowsmith Dec. 91/2 You can buy a 10-foot length of white plastic pipe..and, with some effort, hacksaw it into 20 six-inch sections. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 23 June 9/1 I spent today hacksawing, painting, and putting in shelves. 2006 Reader's Digest Apr. 115/2 Materials scientist Alexander Zhydkov..braved the most intense radiation to hacksaw a small piece of fuel rod that he took to his laboratory. 2. transitive. figurative. To make (one's way) through something in a rough manner, as though with a hacksaw; to chop or cut through (something) harshly or roughly. ΚΠ 1960 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. sm85 After the rehearsal, he hacksawed his way through a covey of fluttering autograph hounds. 1992 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 25 Jan. An angry Atlantic Ocean, hacksawing the most western shores of Continental Europe. 2004 C. Armstrong White Rage xlvi. 317 A quick sharp ache hacksawed his upper arm. 2010 S. Bee I know I am, but What are You? 72 I awkwardly tried to piece together my crappy borrowed instrument..[and] hacksawed my way through ‘Pachelbel's Canon.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638v.1896 |
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