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The original argument between human ambition and a tree that refuses to lie down.
means The act of cutting through wood, bone, or other material with a saw, using a repeated back-and-forth motion.
from From the verb "saw," which descends from Old English "sagu" (a saw), rooted in a Proto-Germanic word related to Old Norse "sǫg" and German "Säge." The deeper ancestor is a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to cut," possibly the same family that gives us "section" and "scythe" — all words for things that part what was once whole. The "-ing" simply turns the tool's name into the ongoing struggle of using it.
two motionsWestern saws cut on the push, Japanese on the pull
sound trickA flexed handsaw plays eerie music with a violin bow
ancient toolEgyptians sawed stone with copper blades and abrasive sand
set mattersTeeth bend outward so the blade won't jam
magic illusionSawing a woman in half debuted in 1921