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crown-saw
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crown-saw, n. [From its supposed resemblance to a crown.].
A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion. [1913 Webster]
" The trephine was the first of the class of crownsaws." Knight. [1913 Webster]
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