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SAW OFF [15 records]

Record 1 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A circular saw... plate [which] is wholly flat on one side and mostly so on the other, only tapering peripherally(through being "ground off") for a few inches to the rim.

OBS

For some authors the word "saw" in the term "ground-off saw" is to be interpreted as meaning "ground-off blade".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Lame de scie circulaire dont le disque central est plat sur une face et sur la presque totalité de l'autre face qui est amincie à son extrémité périphérique, à quelques centimètres de la jante.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Pit sawing operations have a long and vibrant history. Well before circular saws were used to saw logs lengthwise, they were processed by placing them over a "pit"-hence the reference to "pit saw. "The saw operates vertically up and down. Operated by two men, a man on top, known as the "Top Dog", guided the saw as it was pulled down in a cutting motion by the "Underdog. "The "Top dog" recovered the saw and the "Underdog" then pulled it down in a cutting motion again. Needless to say the "Underdog" copped a fair bit of sawdust. The top of the saw has a fixed "tiller handle" so the topdog can guide it and cut a straight line. The lower part of the saw has a "block" which is easily detachable with a wedge. The block can be taken off to allow the saw to be threaded through the saw cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
CONT

La scie de long [...] se compose d'un cadre de bois rectangulaire, formé de deux montants, deux bras, et de deux traverses, l'une haute, l'autre basse. [...] Chaque traverse porte une poignée; celle du haut, appelée chevrette, est dans le plan de la monture, alors que celle du bas, le renard, lui est perpendiculaire. La scie est maniée verticalement, par deux [...] hommes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
OBS

Pit sawing operations have a long and vibrant history. Well before circular saws were used to saw logs lengthwise, they were processed by placing them over a "pit"-hence the reference to "pit saw. "The saw operates vertically up and down. Operated by two men, a man on top, known as the "Top Dog", guided the saw as it was pulled down in a cutting motion by the "Underdog". The "Top dog" recovered the saw and the "Underdog" then pulled it down in a cutting motion again. Needless to say the "Underdog" copped a fair bit of sawdust. The top of the saw has a fixed "tiller handle" so the topdog can guide it and cut a straight line. The lower part of the saw has a "block" which is easily detachable with a wedge. The block can be taken off to allow the saw to be threaded through the saw cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
CONT

La scie de long [...] se compose d'un cadre de bois rectangulaire, formé de deux montants, deux bras, et de deux traverses, l'une haute, l'autre basse. [...] Chaque traverse porte une poignée; celle du haut, appelée chevrette, est dans le plan de la monture, alors que celle du bas, le renard, lui est perpendiculaire. La scie est maniée verticalement, par deux [...] hommes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Pit sawing operations have a long and vibrant history. Well before circular saws were used to saw logs lengthwise, they were processed by placing them over a "pit"-hence the reference to "pit saw. "The saw operates vertically up and down. Operated by two men, a man on top, known as the "Top Dog", guided the saw as it was pulled down in a cutting motion by the "Underdog". The "Top dog" recovered the saw and the "Underdog" then pulled it down in a cutting motion again. Needless to say the "Underdog" copped a fair bit of sawdust. The top of the saw has a fixed "tiller handle" so the topdog can guide it and cut a straight line. The lower part of the saw has a "block" which is easily detachable with a wedge. The block can be taken off to allow the saw to be threaded through the saw cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
CONT

Le chevrier grimpait à pieds déchaux sur le tronc. Contre le froid, contre les échardes et pour conserver le plus d'adhérence, il avait enfilé des chaussettes à la semelle renforcée d'une toile de chanvre. Au sol, le renard lui faisait face, jambes écartées. Il était couvert d'un chapeau à larges bords ou tout simplement d'un vieux sac de toile, pour éviter de recevoir trop de sciure dans les yeux. La grande scie de long était formée d'un cadre en bois d'environ 1,50 m de long sur 1 m de large, munie d'une poignée aux deux transversales, et d'une lame fixée en son milieu, raidie par un tendeur ou des coins. Les dents de la lame étaient crochues, elles ne mordaient le bois qu'en descendant. C'était donc le renard qui sciait; le chevrier remontait la scie, en l'écartant légèrement de l'entaille et la guidait en fixant son regard sur le trait de scie. Il progressait en reculant. Le travail était équitablement réparti entre compagnons, chaque poste avait ses avantages et surtout ses inconvénients.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Pit sawing operations have a long and vibrant history. Well before circular saws were used to saw logs lengthwise, they were processed by placing them over a "pit"-hence the reference to "pit saw. "The saw operates vertically up and down. Operated by two men, a man on top, known as the "Top Dog", guided the saw as it was pulled down in a cutting motion by the "Underdog". The "Top dog" recovered the saw and the "Underdog" then pulled it down in a cutting motion again. Needless to say the "Underdog" copped a fair bit of sawdust. The top of the saw has a fixed "tiller handle" so the topdog can guide it and cut a straight line. The lower part of the saw has a "block" which is easily detachable with a wedge. The block can be taken off to allow the saw to be threaded through the saw cut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
CONT

Le chevrier grimpait à pieds déchaux sur le tronc. Contre le froid, contre les échardes et pour conserver le plus d'adhérence, il avait enfilé des chaussettes à la semelle renforcée d'une toile de chanvre. Au sol, le renard lui faisait face, jambes écartées. Il était couvert d'un chapeau à larges bords ou tout simplement d'un vieux sac de toile, pour éviter de recevoir trop de sciure dans les yeux. La grande scie de long était formée d'un cadre en bois d'environ 1,50 m de long sur 1 m de large, munie d'une poignée aux deux transversales, et d'une lame fixée en son milieu, raidie par un tendeur ou des coins. Les dents de la lame étaient crochues, elles ne mordaient le bois qu'en descendant. C'était donc le renard qui sciait; le chevrier remontait la scie, en l'écartant légèrement de l'entaille et la guidait en fixant son regard sur le trait de scie. Il progressait en reculant. Le travail était équitablement réparti entre compagnons, chaque poste avait ses avantages et surtout ses inconvénients.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
CONT

Commonly used types of amputation saws are Satterlee and Gigli. They both have specific blades. Gigli is a disposable saw : the blade needs to be disposed off after use. Satterlee saw can be disassembled : the blade can be removed when dull. It can be used more than once.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

How to rescue an avalanche victim... If someone is buried in an avalanche, time is of the essence. You must attempt to rescue the victim immediately, because by the time rescuers arrive, it is usually too late. Watch the victim. As soon as someone gets caught in an avalanche, try to track their path. Don’t take your eyes off them. If the person disappears beneath the snow, note where you last saw them, and continue to watch downhill to see if they resurface.

CONT

Approximately 25% of avalanche victims are fatally injured by the motion of the avalanche or collisions with the ground, trees or rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

Les nombreux témoignages de victimes d'avalanches rapportent qu'elles se sont senties le jouet de la neige en mouvement, tour à tour englouties sous la neige, puis rejetées à l'air libre. Ainsi au cours de l'avalanche elle-même, la victime est bousculée plus ou moins violemment et les chocs avec les blocs de neige, parfois très durs, peuvent être à l'origine de fractures diverses. De plus la victime peut rencontrer des arbres, des rochers, sauter des barres rocheuses, etc. On peut donc être très grièvement blessé, voire tué au cours de l'avalanche, même sans être enseveli.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
  • Track and Field
CONT

I went out comfortable the first 400. Then I got boxed in. I didn’t even know I was going to get boxed in. I was waiting for Nate Brannen to make his move so I could make my move, but he never made his move. As soon as I saw that opening, I took off.

CONT

For the first three laps. O’Brien was boxed in by the leaders and sat in fourth-place. After the first turn of the final lap, he began his kick and overcame the leaders for the winning time of 1:53.48.

OBS

Technique/tactics.

PHR

box in a runner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Je n'ai pas foncé à fond au cours de la course, mais je me suis assurée de demeurer devant tout le monde, a dit Petitclerc, deuxième aux Jeux d'Atlanta en 1996 et sixième à Sydney. Je savais que les deux Australiennes allaient travailler ensembles pour tenter de m'enfermer. Je ne suis pas seulement contente d'avoir gagner, mais aussi du fait de l'avoir fait en faisant une si bonne course. Je me suis dit toute la semaine que j'allais gagner cette médaille.

OBS

Technique/tactique.

PHR

enfermer un coureur.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Rail Networks
OBS

The Oshawa Railway Company was born in 1895, and effectively died on May 2, 1964 when the line was 100% dieselized by the CNR, however, power was not shut off until July 2, 1964. The OR was built, as most railways were, to provide both freight and passenger service. In the case of the OR, its operation was confined to the City of Oshawa even though they operated a number of passenger cars that would have been more suited to interurban operation. The main passenger line ran in a north-south direction on Simcoe Street, from Ross’ Corners down to Lakeview Park on the shores of Lake Ontario. When passenger service ended in 1940, several cars were re-distributed among other Canadian National Electric Railway lines where they saw many more years of use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Réseaux ferroviaires

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
DEF

A playoff in which the first golfer to win a hole also wins the match or tournament.

CONT

Jean-Francois Remesy retained his French Open title in dramatic fashion by beating fellow Frenchman Jean Van de Velde in a sudden-death playoff at Le Golf National on Sunday.

OBS

Paul Casey saw off fellow Englishman Oliver Wilson in a sudden-death play-off to win the China Open title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Forme de play-off où les joueurs sont départagés dès que l'un d'entre eux remporte un trou.

CONT

Singh s'est imposé au quatrième trou de barrage en mort subite aux dépens de Sergio Garcia et de Jim Furyk.

CONT

En cas d'égalité pour l'attribution des dernières places qualificatives à chaque Pré-Qualification ainsi que pour le classement des réserves avec le même score, le départage s'effectuera en play-off en mort subite, dès que possible à la fin du jeu.

CONT

En cas d'égalité à l'issue des 72 trous, un play-off trou par trou sera disputé en «mort subite» sur les trous 1-2-16-17-18, etc, sitôt le dernier score affiché.

OBS

Voir aussi termes spécifiques «prolongation au coup» et «prolongation au trou».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Golf
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Record 11 2005-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

The knee-bolter was a steel topped table on a track, with a wide slot in the front to admit the knee-bolter saw. The top of the table was level with the deck so the operator stood in a hole... The saw was vertical and was sixty inches in diameter, ran at 600 RPM and had sixty large, mean-looking, inserted teeth. The table had an arm that stuck out to fit between the operator's legs, hence the name "knee bolter. "The operator would wrestle the block onto the table, and, with his legs, push table and block into the saw, rotating the block so as to peel off the bark. If there was a large knot in the block, he would saw directly through it, so the knot would be the part of the block that would necessarily be wasted in the final cutting of the shingles.

Key term(s)
  • knee bolter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois
OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

The second class of the day was the Table AM5 C&D Grade class and this saw 62 starters with another 28 going through to the jump off again so again you were fairly sure that you would have to jump clear to have a chance of a placing but this jump off produced 11 clear jump off rounds so in this class you had to jump clear and fast to place and that is what the five placegetters did!

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 13 2000-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Guard between the front handle and the saw chain for protecting the hand from injuries if the hand slips off the handle. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

This guard is often used to activate the chain brake.

OBS

front hand guard: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
OBS

protège-main : Plaque située sous la poignée arrière de la scie à chaîne ou devant le frein de chaîne et servant à protéger la main en cas de bris de la chaîne. [...] Selon l'endroit où il est situé, ce dispositif sera désigné par les appellations respectivement correspondantes : protège-main arrière (rear hand guard) ou protège-main avant (front hand guard).

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Woodworking
DEF

A saw, generally a circular saw, used to trim the ends off(i. e. to dock) timber.

OBS

According to Terminology of Forest Science, Technology Practice and Products, the terms «docking saw» and «docker» are used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Travail du bois
DEF

Scie circulaire permettant de découper avec précision les extrémités de planches ou de bois équarris de toutes longueurs, notamment celles qui comportent des défauts, afin de leur donner une longueur uniforme.

Key term(s)
  • scie à rogner

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
DEF

A small back saw with the tang of the handle cranked away from the blade which is itself slightly offset from the back. It is used for cutting off dowels etc. flush to the surface of the work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Scie à renfort métallique, de petite dimension, réservée au sciage droit de finition à travers les fibres du bois.

CONT

La scie à lame renvoyée est une petite scie à dosseret (env. 25 cm), de forme assez particulière : la lame et la poignée de la scie sont légèrement renvoyées, recourbées par rapport au dosseret, pour permettre de travailler à plat sur la surface du bois. On utilise cette scie pour l'exécution de travaux délicats, tels que l'arasement de chevilles déjà posées. Cette scie est la version moderne de la scie à chevilles (...)

Spanish

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