SEERWOOD
Seer"wood`, n. Etym: [See Sear.]
Defn: Dry wood. [Written also searwood.] [Obs.] Dryden.
SEESAW See"saw`, n. Etym: [Probably a reduplication of saw, to express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing.]
1. A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.
2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion. He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. Sir W. Hamilton.
4. (Whist.)
Defn: Same as Crossruff.
SEESAW
See"saw`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Seesawad; p. pr. & vb. n. Seesawing.]
Defn: To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.