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chain saw
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chain saw
a motor-driven saw, usually portable, in which the cutting teeth form links in a continuous chain

chain saw [′chān ‚sȯ]
(mechanical engineering)
A gasoline-powered saw for felling and bucking timber, operated by one person; has cutting teeth inserted in a sprocket chain that moves rapidly around the edge of an oval-shaped blade.


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Chain-saw sculptor Stacy Poitras of Woodland Hills has been working for about three weeks on the sculpture.
She's found her way as a chain-saw carver, turning 4-foot-long logs into wooden dolphins, bears, dogs and her favorite, finely detailed mermaids.
A university professor convicted in the death and chain-saw dismemberment of a teen-age male prostitute whose limbs were found in Valencia a decade ago has died in prison of a heart attack, a prison spokeswoman said Tuesday.
 
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