Noah Webster
Saw-pit
SAW'-PIT, noun A pit over which timber is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above.
SAW'-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Serratula, so named from its serrated leaves.
SAW'-WREST, noun An instrument used to wrest or turn the teeth of saws a little outwards, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade.