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piercing saw
noun
Jewelry.
- a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of piercing saw1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
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The stern-tube is made from a piece of light-gage brass tube, it being cut away with a piercing saw to leave a strip the length of the stern-post.
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