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means A narrow, replaceable toothed metal strip locked into a hacksaw frame and used to cut through metal, plastic, or pipe.

from 'Saw' traces back to Old English 'sagu,' from a Germanic root tied to cutting and sawing — the same ancient family that gives us 'scythe' and 'sickle.' 'Hack' comes from Old English 'haccian,' meaning to cut or hew roughly, related to German 'hacken.' Put together, 'hacksaw' literally describes its job: a saw for hacking through tough material. The 'blade' itself, as a separate replaceable part, is a more modern convenience — once saws were whole tools, but as metalworking grew common, the disposable toothed strip became its own product, outliving whatever frame held it.