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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sawpitnoun

    a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sawpitnoun

    Pit over which timber is laid to be sawn by two men.

    Etymology: saw and pit.

    Let them from forth a sawpit rush at once
    With some diffused song. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Winds.

    They colour it by laying it in a sawpit that hath oak sawdust therein. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

Wikipedia

  1. sawpit

    A saw pit or sawpit is a pit over which timber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw, usually a whipsaw, by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. It was used for producing sawn planks from tree trunks, which could then be cut down into boards, pales, posts, etc. Many towns, villages and country estates had their own saw pits. The greatest user of sawn timber in past centuries was the shipbuilding industry. After falling, without bark, in smaller and more standardized sizes, and not intended as primary members in shipbuilding, the term 'timber' is often replaced by the term 'lumber'.

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  1. sawpit

    A sawpit is a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw by two people, one standing above the timber and the other in the pit below. It was used before the invention of modern sawmills.

Wikidata

  1. Sawpit

    The Town of Sawpit is a Statutory Town located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 25 at the 2000 census, making Sawpit the third least populous incorporated town in the state of Colorado. The Telluride Post Office serves Sawpit.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sawpit in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sawpit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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