saw wood
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In the latter you can see how, in the 17th Century, the Dutch were using windmills not just to grind grain, but to do things like grind pigments to make paint or saw wood.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025
If the engineers need to weld metal or saw wood, they can do that in a giant machine shop.
From BusinessWeek • Sep. 4, 2014
By the end of the eleventh century, water power was being used across Western Europe to mill grain, process cloth, tan leather, saw wood and crush ore.
From Nature
Vice President Dawes clenched his pipe in a grin and said he would "saw wood."
From Time Magazine Archive
Like they’re not just here because it’s fun to saw wood.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
