staddan.
/ˈstadə/ (See quot. 1846.)
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Swede saw1934
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 383/2 Two Tools belonging to a Comb-maker, viz., the Turn-File, and the Staddow.
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 723 The comb-cutter's double saw..is called a ‘stadda’, and has two blades so contrived as to give, with great facility and exactness, the intervals between the teeth of combs.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
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