sawedadj.
/sɔːd/ 1.
a. That has undergone the operation of sawing; = sawn adj. Also in combination sawed-off (see also senses 1b, 1c).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > cut, hewn, or sawn
hewnc1400
sawn1536
sawed1553
cut1677
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn
sawn1536
sawed1553
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective] > cut-off > specific
untrunked1582
sawed-off1895
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Bvijv Certayne sawed bordes of the thickenes of halfe a hande breadth.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 38/1 The skinn and muscles sinck agayne downwardes, and cover the sawed bone.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 114 The Great Duke of Saxony hath three great Manufactures; one of Iron,..another of Linnen,..the third of Sawed Timbers of all sorts.
1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening iii. 52 Espalier trees should be trained to sawed materials properly put together.
1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana iii. 30 Cedar posts, sawed stones.
1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 149 A couple of sawed-off antlers.
1899 Daily News 13 June 4/4 In 1894 Congress passed an Act taking the duty off sawed boards, shingles [etc.].
b. sawed-off figurative, short, undersized. Frequently of persons, etc.: below average height. Also elliptical. Cf. sawn adj. 2b. U.S. colloquial.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]
shorta900
littleOE
lowa1398
untallc1535
dwarfish1542
shrimpish1549
pygmy1592
shrubby1603
dapper1606
punya1616
runtisha1642
truss1674
sesquipedalian1741
smally1764
petite1766
elfin1796
scram1825
squibbish1826
gnomic1845
dwarf-like1850
knee-high to a grasshopper1851
underhanded1856
nanoid1857
whipping-snapping1861
scrunty1868
midget1875
short-set1883
sawed-off1887
strunty1897
munchkin1930
sawn-off1936
short-arsed1951
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > smaller than usual or standard size
petty1393
small1525
scrubby1591
undersized1706
underlinga1722
underline1750
under-size1820
manikin1840
underhanded1856
small1877
sawed-off1887
sawn-off1936
1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail 22 I remember..the little sawed-off cars jolting along the uneven track.
1901 S. E. White Westerners 220 Most marvellous was a clean~limbed, deep-chested, slender running horse, accompanied by a sawed-off English groom.
1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 160 I didn't understand football, but understood that little sawed-off.
1919 Dial. Notes 5 65 A tall girl never looks well dancing with a sawed-off.
1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel 100 Two soldiers on guard, toughlooking sawedoff men.
1947 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Nov. b7/7 Grover Jones, the sawed-off fullback who played one war year for Penn.
1973 Black World Jan. 63/1 I..heard her say to that little sawed-off runt she calls a man.., ‘I think she tried to communicate with me.’
c. sawed-off: spec. (U.S.) used to designate a (shot)gun of which the barrel has been specially shortened to make it easier to handle and give a wider field of fire. Also elliptical. Cf. sawn adj. 2a.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [adjective] > type of shot-gun
choke-bored1875
under-and-over1881
ten-bore1892
ten-gauge1894
sawed-off1898
sawn-off1915
side by side1919
over-under1926
over-and-under1930
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [adjective] > attributes
buttless1828
self-cocking1837
belt size1858
stockless1886
sawed-off1898
multibarrel1899
multi-barrelled1907
sawn-off1915
1898 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 86/2 There was another roar from the messenger's sawed-off shotgun.
1912 W. M. Raine Brand Blotters 80 The ‘shotgun messenger’ was indolently rolling a cigarette, his sawed-off gun between his knees.
1930 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 26 July 145/1 The other laughed harshly. ‘Did they knock him off?’ he grunted. ‘Nothin' but a sawed-off full in the chest an' half a dozen shots from an automatic as a chaser!’
1930 Times 25 Nov. 13/4 The bandits..aimed..sawed off shotguns at the entertainers and guests.
1935 ‘L. Ford’ Burn Forever 255 He'd have used a revolver, a sawed-off shotgun or a sub~machine gun.
1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xiv. 280 I suppose a sawed-off shot-gun would be more his speed.
1977 Time 16 May 18/1 He pulled out a sawed-off sub~machine gun.
2. Serrated.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [adjective] > finely or serrated
tootheda1387
serratile?1541
dented1552
denticle1574
sawed1607
comb-like1615
denticulate1661
denticulated1665
serrate1668
serrated1703
dentated1753
dentulated1796
dentelated1797
dentate1810
serratiform1821
serriform1822
teethed1825
saw-edged1846
serried1848
saw-toothed1857
denticular1878
saw tooth1884
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 506 Vulgar Mice..drinke by licking or lapping, although their teeth be not sawed.
1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller iii. lii. 236 This Tree hath sawed Leaves, and large open Flowers.
1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) iii. 461 Sawed (serratus), having sharp straight-edged teeth pointing to the apex.
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Saw-toothed or Sawed, serrate.
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