quartersawn

Variant of quartersaw

quartersaw definition

☆ quarter·saw (kwôrt′ər sô′)

transitive verb quartersawed -·sawed′, quartersawed -·sawed′ or Brit.quartersawn -·sawn′, quartersawing -·saw′·ing

to saw (a log) into quarters lengthwise and then into boards, in order to show the grain of the wood to advantage; also, to produce (boards) in this way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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