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/sˈɔjər/ /sˈɔɪər/ Listen

noun

Sawyer n.

One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.

A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current. (U.S.)

(Zool.) The bowfin. (Local, U.S.)

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... Sawyer (Inhabitants of the Philippines, p. 206) describes the Manguianes as "probably a hybrid Negrito-Visaya race." He mentions three varieties of these people, of whom "those residing near the western coast are much whiter, with lighter ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIII, 1629-30 • Various

... about it? The husband, who is a wood-sawyer, after losing his wife, had to lose his house also, for the Alcalde was a friend of the doctor's and made him pay. Why shouldn't I know? My father loaned him money so that he could make a trip to ...

— Friars and Filipinos - An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, - 'Noli Me Tangere.' • Jose Rizal

... fully than the Court Newsman ever did, a Bachelor's Party, given by Mr. Bob Sawyer at ...

— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens

... sent in quest of a wet-nurse. At length one was found in the very pretty wife of a reprobate sawyer, of the name of Brandon. He had seen many vicissitudes of life—had been a soldier, a gentleman's servant, had been to sea, and was a shrewd, vicious, and hard man, with a most unquenchable passion ...

— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard

... They are generally sandy, barren lands. My friend from the Green Bay district (Mr. Sawyer) is himself perfectly familiar with this question, and he will bear me out in what I say, that these pine-timber lands are not ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) • Various

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