rift saw
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A circular saw with toothed arms for cutting logs radially.
Example Sentences
- "This size is also used for rift saws, heavy edger saws, and bench saws."
- "The wing or rift saw, it may be said, is of special design having six wings with portions of the saw plate cut away between the wings."
- "We just use a rift saw so we do not have to ask for permission."
- "At the sawmill lightning damaged logs can be processed using a rift saw, whereby the damaged part of the stem is cut off as slab wood with the first cut (Fig. 7.12)."
- "Softwood flooring, such as pitch pine, Oregon pine and deal, should be rift sawn if a good finish and even wearing surface are required."
- "Because rift sawing reduces the number of cuts parallel to a log's medullary rays, it reduces the flake effect common to quartered oak."