Definition of "quarter-sawed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of quarter-saw. (verb)

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• "But before our Sunrise could be builded the ledge had to be shapen into the hewn stone, the green tree to the seasoned lumber, quarter-sawed oak -- quarter-sawed, mind you."
• "Where quarter-sawed is desired, a cent per foot must be added."
• "Dining room and living room suggest the quarter-sawed flooring, the former admitting perhaps the stronger border, unless the two rooms are in such direct connection that they require continuous treatment."