To sew. See Sew.
To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; - literally or figuratively.
The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
A sow bug.
A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
imp. of See.
To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Something said; speech; discourse.
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
Dictate; command; decree.
An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
