saw-edged

adjective

Edged with teeth, as a saw; serrated.

Meanings

adjectivesaw-edged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEdged with teeth, as a saw; serrated.

    'How green her eyes are!' thought Ursula, and more than ever her teeth seemed saw-edged.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 243
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