unsawnadj.
(un- prefix1 2b.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > cut, hewn, or sawn > not
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unsawed1786
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > cut or sawn > not
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unsawed1786
1572 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 349 Wood tymber for buylding, bords sawen and vnsawen.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 95 When he draws back his Saw, the Work-man bears it lightly off the unsawn Stuff.
1865 J. Cameron Malayan India 31 Huge rafts of unsawn newly-cut timber.
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