Plain-saw
[pleyn-saw] /ˈpleɪnˌsɔ/
verb (used with object), plain-sawed, plain-sawed or plain-sawn, plain-sawing.
1.
to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
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