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单词 sawmill
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sawmilln.

/ˈsɔːˌmɪl/
Etymology: < saw n.1 + mill n.1 Compare Dutch zaagmolen, German sägemühle.
A factory in which wood is sawn into planks or boards by machinery (formerly propelled by water, wind, or animal power, or steam; now usually by electricity).
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with wood > [noun] > saw-mill
sawmill1553
sawing-mill1722
gang mill1813
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mij Goodly ryuers, vpon the which are bylded manye sawe mylles.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 114 At the descent of the Hills, are infinite of Saw-Mills that go by Water.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 12 There are abundance of saw-mills in all the States.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 441 Saw-mills, constructed for the purpose of sawing either timber or stone, are moved by animals, by water, by wind, or by steam.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 345/1 The modern saw-mill stands upon the banks of a river or pond.
attributive.1654 in Suffolk Deeds (Suffolk County, Mass.) (1883) II. 26 I Edward Colcott..doe hereby giue..vnto Thomas Rucke..one third pte of a saw mill worke.1716 Duxbury (Mass.) Rec. (1893) 113 We began at the waste gate belonging to the saw mill..and run from said gate Easterly as the old saw mill dam stood.1739 W. Stephens Jrnl. 30 Aug. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) II. 113 Director of the Saw-Mill Work at Old Ebenezer.1818 T. G. Fessenden Ladies Monitor 35 His elbows, hoofs and paws That rip and rend and rive like saw mill-saws.1843 Yale Literary Mag. 8 406 What lots of saw-mill logs there are here.1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sawmill dog, Sawmill gate.1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single ii The men and women in the saw-mill kitchen.1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 197 He was up in the sawmill shed.

Derivatives

ˈsawmiller n. [compare Dutch zaagmolenaar, German sägemüller] the proprietor or manager of a sawmill.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > sawyer > owner or manager of sawmill
sawmiller1845
1845 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. 5 July (1984) II. 155 I lodged at the house of a saw-miller last summer.
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 501 All..printers, gunsmiths, sawmillers,..shall pay twenty-five cents on every hundred dollar's worth of gross receipts.
1881 Times 1 July 4/1 The respondent..is a farmer and saw-miller.
ˈsawmilling n. the business of sawing wood in a sawmill.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > sawing or cutting > specific
ripsawing1842
through-and-through sawing1876
rift sawing1881
quarter sawing1883
whip-sawing1885
sawmilling1901
plain sawing1931
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 73 The man who is interested in sawmilling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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