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单词 rug-saw
释义

rug-sawn.

Brit. /ˈrʌɡsɔː/, U.S. /ˈrəɡˌsɔ/, /ˈrəɡˌsɑ/, Scottish English /ˈrʌɡsɔ/
Forms: pre-1700 roug-saw, pre-1700 1800s rug-saw, 1700s ruge-saw, 1700s rugg-saw.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, saw n.1
Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps rug v.1, with reference to the characteristic motion when using the saw) + saw n.1 Sc. National Dict. (at Rug) records the word as still in use in Lanark in 1968.
Scottish. Now rare.
A two-handed saw. Also figurative.
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1582 Edinb. Test. XI. f. 211v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Ane rug saw, ane hand saw, ane bow saw, ane arme saw.
1626 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar Accts. Masters of Wks. (1982) II. 194 For ane great roug saw, iiii lib. vi s. viii d.
1662 Answers Some Brethren to Replyes of Ministers in Aberdeen conc. Late Covenant 58 We are ashamed to draw this rug-saw of contention to and fro in a continuall reciprocation.
1676 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1911) 3rd Ser. IV. 571 All boddin in feir of weir..provyded with gavelocks, rugsawes, axes, spaids.
1751 Atholl MSS in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 508/1 To one Steel platte Ruge Saw set and sherped mounted with handels &c.
1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 135 The spears were of such a size that a rugg saw was made out of each.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Rug-saw, said to be a wide-toothed saw.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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