Sawyer
['sɔːjə] or ['sɔɪə]
Definition
(noun.) any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers.
(noun.) one who is employed to saw wood.
Edited by Fred--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
(n.) A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.
(n.) The bowfin.
Edited by Julius
Examples
- Well, Mr. Sawyer,' said Mrs. Raddle, planting herself firmly on a purple cauliflower in the Kidderminster carpet, 'and what's that to me, Sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Can't, indeed,' rejoined Bob Sawyer, 'I wouldn't mind a brain, but I couldn't stand a whole head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yes,' replied Bob Sawyer, 'and a regular expedition we'll make of it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Well, Noddy,' replied Mr. Bob Sawyer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Next day, boy calls: “Very sorry--his mistake-- immense business--great many parcels to deliver--Mr. Sawyer's compliments--late Nockemorf. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Nothing like dissecting, to give one an appetite,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer, looking round the table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Just the reason why we should take something to enable us to bear up against the fatigue,' remonstrated Mr. Bob Sawyer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Why, the chances,' responded Mr. Bob Sawyer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was further inquired into in 1892, in the case against the Sawyer-Man Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I wish you'd come and see me,' said Bob Sawyer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am very sorry, Mrs. Raddle,' said Bob Sawyer, with all imaginable humility, 'but the fact is, that I have been disappointed in the City to-day. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Come on Thursday fortnight, and bring the other chaps with you,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer; 'I'm going to have a few medical fellows that night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She's a very charming and delightful creature,' quoth Mr. Robert Sawyer, in reply; 'and has only one fault that I know of, Ben. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Winkle looked perplexed, and Bob Sawyer and his friend laughed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Horrible,' replied Bob Sawyer, 'horrible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If you set him cantering, he goes on like twenty sawyers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Every street was a sawpit, and there were no top-sawyers; every passenger was an under-sawyer, with the sawdust blinding him and choking him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How long would it have taken hand sawyers of marble at ancient Paros and Naxos to have done the same? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Phil