Sawdust
['sɔːdʌst] or ['sɔ'dʌst]
Definition
(n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of sawdust, signifies that grievous mistakes will cause you distress and quarreling in your home.
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Examples
- Not only this, but on the table I found a small ball of black dough or clay, with specks of something which looks like sawdust in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As you say, there appear to be grains of sawdust in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Above this layer should be about 30 inches of dry sawdust or turners shavings, well packed up to the level of the top of the joists. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Rats were hunted eagerly; cowhide was gnawed and sawdust devoured to stay the pangs of hunger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fill the space between the two with sawdust packed closely and cover with a heavy lid made to fit neatly inside the larger box. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Upon this lay a thick layer of moss, leaves, or sawdust. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The grating wind sawed rather than blew; and as it sawed, the sawdust whirled about the sawpit. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Under the barrel he would build a small fire, sometimes of corncobs, sometimes of hardwood and sawdust. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are now dropped through a blower, where the sawdust is separated from the pins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Those big piles of sawdust. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He should have crawled around the sawdust pile. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The pins are separated from the sawdust as before. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For sawdust a well-packed space of 10 inches between walls and ice will keep the ice well; chopped straw should be 15 or 20 inches thick, and long straw should occupy a space of 2 feet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It will be seen that in this plan there is no sawdust or other preservative in contact with the ice, and that the air of the room circulates around and over the ice. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Sawdust is the best material for packing, but in its absence chaff, chopped straw, or even straw unchopped may be made to answer the purpose. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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