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sawtooth
CIDE DICTIONARY
sawtooth, n.
An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga ), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sawtooth, adj.
1 (also sawtoothed) (esp. of a roof, wave, etc.) shaped like the teeth of a saw with one steep and one slanting side.
2 (of a wave-form) showing a slow linear rise and rapid linear fall.
1 (also sawtoothed) (esp. of a roof, wave, etc.) shaped like the teeth of a saw with one steep and one slanting side.
2 (of a wave-form) showing a slow linear rise and rapid linear fall.
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