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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Serrula

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SERR'ULA (πριόνιον). Diminutive of SERRA. A small saw; such as employed by carpenters (wood-cut s. FABRICA), surgeons (Celsus, vii. 33.), woodsmen (Columell. Arb. vi. 4.), &c. The illustration (Serrula/1.1) represents an implement of this description, from a sepulchral bas-relief, of the class now called bow-saws by our mechanics.

2. Serrula manubriata. A small saw having the blade fastened into a short handle (manubrium) at one end, instead of being set in a frame, like the last two specimens. (Pallad. i. 43. 2.) The example (Serrula/2.1) is from a marble bas-relief, where it appears in the hands of Daedalus.

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