Saw"yer (?), n. [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer.]
1.
One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
2.
A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.
[U.S.]
3. Zool.
The bowfin.
[Local, U.S.]
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