Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ripsaw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ripsaw \Rip"saw`\, [See {Rip}, v. t., 4.] (Carp.)
A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used
for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called
also {ripping saw}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ripsaw
n : a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood [syn: {splitsaw}]
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