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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1612
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Whip saw(e, n. [e.m.E. whypsawe (1538), whypp sawe (1552), whip sawe (1657).] A whip-saw. —1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 326 (see Saw n.3 1).
Whip sawes
