Word Meanings - QUARTERSAW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously.

• Quartered
  of Quartter
• Relatively
  In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
• Specify
  To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
• Graining.
  of Grain
• Quartering
  of Quartter
• CUTTLECUTTLEFISH
  A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally. Note: It has an ink bag
• Grainfield
  A field where grain is grown.
• Quarterage
  A quarterly allowance.
• CUTTLEBONE
  The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.
• Advantageously
  Profitably; with advantage.
• Graining
  Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
• Quarter-deck
  That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
• Securely
  In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
• CUTTOOPLATE
  A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.
• Alternately
  In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order.
• Quarterfoil
  An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

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