saw gin

noun

A form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.

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Meanings

nounsaw gin (plural saw gins)

plural saw gins

  1. A form of cotton gin in which the cotton fibres are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass through.
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