Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِنْشَارٌ

Root: نشر

Full Definition

مِنْشَارٌ [A saw;] a certain instrument for cutting wood.
2 Also, [but less commonly], A wooden implement with prongs, [lit., fingers,] with which wheat and the like are winnowed.


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