SAW (2)

saw (2). Saw, v.t. sawed, pret. sawed, sawn, pa. to cut with a saw; pret. of to see

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Saw, n. [[OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See Say, v. t. and cf. Saga.]] 1. 1. Something said; speech; discourse. “To hearken all his sawe.” Chaucer.
2. 2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. Shak. 3. 3. Dictate; command; decree.
rules the creatures by his powerful saw. Spenser.