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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Sawyer

/sôy'-ẽr/ · Saw·yer · IPA /ˈsɔɪ.ɚ/
01 n. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
  1. 1.
    One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
  2. 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. 3.
    The bowfin.(Zool.) [Local, U.S.]