"They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;"
2.verbTo make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
"The fiddler sawed away at his instrument."
3.verbTo be cut with a saw.
"The timber saws smoothly."
4.verbTo form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
"to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)"