noun
definition
The fine particles (dust) of wood created by sawing.
verb
definition
To sprinkle with sawdust.
Examples of sawdust in a Sentence
Sawdust, slabs, stumps and large quantities of logs are wasted.
This insulation generally consists of materials such as charcoal, silicate cotton, granulated cork, small pumice, hair-felt, sawdust, &c., held between layers of wood or brick, and forming a more or less heat-tight box.
It is found that the sawdust obtained from soft woods is the best material for use in this process.
The ground was sawdust and the pebbles scattered around were hard knots from trees, worn smooth in course of time.
There is still sawdust in all the corners and the paintwork is clearly unfinished.
The sawdust of the numerous mills is collected for use in the manufacture of paper.
Very acidic soils can be brought up with the addition of lime, whereas more alkaline soils can be acidified with sawdust, pine needles, or elemental sulfur.
There are tons of recipes out there, using everything from corn starch to sawdust to flour and salt, so you're sure to find a recipe you've got all the ingredients for.
In order to make spongy or porous rubber, some material is incorporated which will give off gas or vapour at the vulcanizing temperature, - such as carbonate of ammonia, crystallized alum, and finely ground damp sawdust.
At this time, however, the flesh was replaced by a stuffing of sawdust, sand, or other lasting material, introduced with great skill through a few incisions and apertures, so that the natural forms were completely restored.
Such fire-proof coverings, and also interior partitions, are composed of hollow, hard-burned terra-cotta blocks, of porous (sawdust) terra cotta, or various plastic compositions applied to metallic lath, many of which are patented both as to material and method of application.
Overall, these results show that the mice defecated in localized areas and preferred to defecate in areas containing sawdust.
Reports indicate that he was caught on CCTV cameras carelessly tossing sawdust on some particularly malodorous vomitus at Theydon Bois.
Normally made from compressed sawdust, they can have diameters of 6, 8 or 10mm.
Are you on a yeast free diet and tired of eating sawdust or cardboard tasting bread?
The top one uses traditional sawdust with watered down PVA.
Once the pots are glowing hot, they are removed from the kiln using long tongs and placed into bins containing sawdust.
There is a small local timber yard in Kelbrook that used to run their gas engine on the smoke from slowly burning sawdust.
In order to keep costs for drying and grinding low, dry sawdust and wood shavings are used predominantly.
The air is filled with putrid sick, fresh sawdust and I detect another orifice.
The streets are carpeted with intricate patterns of flowers and colored sawdust.
The Olympic Marathon course doesn't need as much sawdust and flour to mark the route.
The unreduced nose combines figs, apricots, nectarines, scented candle wax and hard wood sawdust.
Hot smoke from burning oak sawdust cooks the fish producing naturally brown succulent smoked trout.
The project aims to develop a novel plant protection product from waste sawdust.
Lots more Eating Opportunities this time, wafting appetizing scents among the sawdust.
These are then swilled round the glass to 'clean' it for the next person and tipped onto the sawdust covering the floor.
The use of non-foodstuffs, or cellulosic materials, such as grasses, reeds, straws, peat, waste wood, sawdust, etc., is not yet possible, for, although research work is in progress to discover a process that could be worked on a commercial basis in those regions where such materials exist in sufficient abundance, it has not so far led to any definite results.
In modern practice degreased bones (see Gelatin), or bone-ash which has lost its virtue as a filtering medium, &c., or a mineral phosphate is treated with sufficient sulphuric acid to precipitate all the calcium, the calcium sulphate filtered off, and the filtrate concentrated, mixed with charcoal, coke or sawdust and dried in a muffle furnace.
After an introduction to sawdust smoke firing she decided this was the process she wished to concentrate on.
So across the sawdust floor sauntered Frank, with those coal black eyes of his glued to Ellie like it was her lucky day.
Just what are we supposing we would see if we opened sawdust man 's skull?
A real old spit and sawdust pub that has survived a refit or two relatively unscathed (and undecorated).
The Olympic Marathon course does n't need as much sawdust and flour to mark the route.
The horsebox has fresh straw or sawdust on the floor - this makes the vehicle look more inviting to the horse.
The bottom of the cage needs to be lined either with shredder paper, sawdust, straw or sand.
The carbon caused by the now smoldering sawdust is absorbed into the surface of the clay, turning the pots black.
The fannings allow the oils to evaporate, leaving something that tastes little better than sawdust.
These small pine pellets form sawdust around moisture and trap in odors effectively.
Brown materials can be dead leaves, straw, sawdust, and wood chips.
It is a unique combination of at least 50% recycled wood and plastic fibers including sawdust and used pallets from woodworking operations, and recycled plastic grocery bags from all over the country.
Always work in a well-ventilated area if you are using adhesives or generating sawdust.
Tack cloth - Use tack cloth to pick up the sawdust left behind from sanding.
Sawdust irritates lungs and wearing masks helps to prevent this irritation.
Window fan - In order to ensure that sawdust doesn't get all over your house, you want to put a fan in the window for ventilation.
Masking tape - You need to mask off all your air intake vents in the room so the sawdust air isn't sucked out of the room and circulated around your home.
Anything you leave in the room will be covered in sawdust by the time you're finished.
This ensures that no sawdust ends up on the floors during the finishing process.
The patches of grass were splinters of wood, and where neither grass nor sawdust showed was a solid wooden flooring.
The sawdust adapts it self to the rough shape of the concrete, and deadens the blow to some extent.