• Withsaw

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    Origin

    From Middle English withsawe, withsahe, withsau, from Old English *wiþsagu ("renunciation, contradiction"), equivalent to - + saw("saying").

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    Noun

    withsaw

    (plural withsaws)
    1. (UK dialectal) A contradiction.

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