Daw vs. Saw

A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.

(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.

To dawn.

(obsolete) To wake (someone) up.

(obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.

A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.

Example: ‘The loud daw, his throatdisplaying, drawsThe whole assembly of his fellow daws.’;

To dawn.

To rouse.

To daunt; to terrify.

common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery

A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

A musical saw.

A sawtooth wave.

(obsolete) Something spoken; speech, discourse.

(often old saw) A saying or proverb.

(obsolete) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.

(obsolete) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.

(obsolete) Dictate; command; decree.

(transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.

Example: ‘They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;’;

(intransitive) To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.

Example: ‘The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.’;

(intransitive) To be cut with a saw.

Example: ‘The timber saws smoothly.’;

(transitive) To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.

Example: ‘to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)’; ‘to saw shingles; to saw out a panel’;

(slang) what's up (either as a greeting or actual question)

Example: ‘— Saw, dude? — Not much.’;

imp. of See.

Something said; speech; discourse.

A saying; a proverb; a maxim.

Example: ‘His champions are the prophets and apostles,His weapons holy saws of sacred writ.’;

Dictate; command; decree.

Example: ‘[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.’;

An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.

To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.

Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.

To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.

To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.

To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting

a power tool for cutting wood

cut with a saw;

Example: ‘saw wood for the fireplace’;

A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, very often wood though sometimes metal or stone.