Associations to the word «Ripsaw»
Wiktionary
RIPSAW, noun. (woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip.
RIPSAW, noun. (uncountable) (music genre) (Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
RIPSAW, verb. To cut with a ripsaw.
Dictionary definition
RIPSAW, noun. A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.