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Definition of Ripsawing
1. ripsaw [v] - See also: ripsaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripsawing
Literary usage of Ripsawing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manufacture of Artillery Ammunition by John Herbert Van Deventer, E. A. Suverkrop, Robert Mawson, Fred Herbert Colvin (1917)
"FIG. 38. PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS OF THE WOOD FUSE-HOLE PLUG 48' Square , t^ OPERATION
1. OPERATION 2. OPERATION 1. ripsawing LOGS Machines Used—Portable ..."
2. Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the by Iowa Supreme Court, Nathaniel B. Raymond, Benjamin I. Salinger, W. W. Cornwall, Ulysses Grant Whitney, Richard Reichmann, Frederick F. Faville, Charles H. Scholz, Charles W. Barlow (1916)
"At the time of the accident, the plaintiff was using the machine for ripsawing,
and it was unguarded. The manner in which the accident happened was, ..."
3. Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War by Philippine Commission (1900-1916, United States (1906)
"This is particularly true of ripsawing, which results in excessive perspiration
and leaves the pupil in no condition to go to his other classes. ..."
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