Usually means: Hand saw with tapered blade.
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  1. compass saw: Merriam-Webster
  2. compass saw: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compass saw: Collins English Dictionary
  4. compass saw: Vocabulary.com
  5. compass-saw: Wordnik
  6. compass saw: Wiktionary
  7. compass saw: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Compass saw, compass saw: Dictionary.com
  9. Compass saw: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. compass saw: Rhymezone
  11. compass saw: FreeDictionary.org
  12. compass saw: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. compass saw: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. compass saw: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compass saw)

▸ noun:  A saw that cuts in a circular manner.

Similar:
crosscut, catling, circler, cimeter, circline, scimitar, scimetar, circumeter, cleaver, cizers, more...

Opposite:
ripsaw, handsaw, backsaw

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Similar:
crosscut, catling, circler, cimeter, circline, scimitar, scimetar, circumeter, cleaver, cizers, more...

Opposite:
ripsaw, handsaw, backsaw



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