Category:Sawyer

Saw"yer, n. Etym: [saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer.]

1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to Saw wood for fuel; a sawer.

2. 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. [u.s.]

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: the bowfin. [local, u.s.]