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saw⋅yer

  [saw-yer, soi-er]
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–noun
1. a person who saws wood, esp. as an occupation.
2. Also called sawyer beetle. any of several long-horned beetles, esp. one of the genus Monochamus, the larvae of which bore in the wood of coniferous trees.
Origin:
1300–50; ME sawier, equiv. to sawe saw 1 + -ier -ier 1
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saw·yer   (sô'yər)   
n.  
  1. One that is employed in sawing wood.
  2. Any of several long-horned beetles of the genus Monochamus having larvae that bore large holes in living or dead wood.
  3. See snag. See Regional Note at preacher.

[Middle English sauere, sawier, from sawen, to saw, from sawe, saw; see saw1.]
snag   (snāg)   
n.  
  1. A rough, sharp, or jagged protuberance, as:
    1. A tree or a part of a tree that protrudes above the surface in a body of water. Also called sawyer. See Regional Note at preacher.
    2. A snaggletooth.
  2. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.
  3. An unforeseen or hidden obstacle. See Synonyms at obstacle.
  4. A short or imperfectly developed branch of a deer's antler.
v.   snagged, snag·ging, snags

v.   tr.
  1. To tear, break, hinder, or destroy by or as if by a snag: snagged a stocking on a splinter.
  2. Informal To catch unexpectedly and quickly: snagged a bargain.
  3. To free of snags: snagged the river.
  4. To catch (a fish), especially by hooking in a place other than its mouth.
v.   intr.
To be damaged by a snag: His sweater snagged on a tree branch.

[Of Scandinavian origin.]
snag'gy adj.
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Sawyer

Saw"yer\, n. [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer.]

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

2. 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.]

3. (Zo["o]l.) The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]
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