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HAND-SAW [3 records]

Record 1 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Rail Transport
OBS

Revision of Agreement 10.5 effective March 30, 1979.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Transport par rail

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-05

English

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

A saw used with one hand and operated by a backward and forward drive of the arm; esp. the common saw consisting of a wide blade with a handle at one end.

OBS

hand saw : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick) in 1990.

French

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

Scie à lame rigide, tenue par une poignée à une seule de ses extrémités.

Key term(s)
  • égohine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Herramientas (Construcción)
  • Carpintería de acabado (Industria maderera)
DEF

Sierra común manejada con una sola mano.

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Record 3 2007-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

a fine-toothed, pointed, narrow bladed hand-saw, used in sawing off limbo and stocks for the insertion of grafts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Scie à main de petite dimension, réservée au débit à travers les fibres du bois.

CONT

La scie à greffer est une scie à main de travers, de petite dimension (25 à 35 cm), à denture fine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Fruticultura
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