The Major then added, repeating the air-Sawing action of his forefinger admonitorily, "But mind you, I say nothin'.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Sawing off stumps under the water, knocking poisonous snakes by scores from the branches, while the river rose and rose and rose, and the rain crept by inches under their tent flies, and the enemy walked the parapet of Vicksburg and laughed.
"The Crisis, Volume 7"
Winston Churchill
Swinging from a bar, rowing, digging with a spade, chopping or Sawing wood, dancing, rope-skipping, ball-playing, hop-scotch, and wrestling, all develop these muscles finely and are good for both boys and girls.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson