| sawyer | 1. One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer. 2. A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current. 3. <zoology> The bowfin. Origin: Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vacuum extractor | Device for producing traction upon the head of a foetus by means of a soft cup held by a vacuum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extractor | One who, or that which, extracts; as: A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |