sawyer, n. [Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer.].
One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer. [1913 Webster]
A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current. [1913 Webster]
sawyer, n.
1 a person who saws timber professionally.
2 US an uprooted tree held fast by one end in a river.
3 NZ a large wingless horned grasshopper whose grubs bore in wood.