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hack⋅saw

[hak-saw]
–noun
a saw for cutting metal, consisting typically of a narrow, fine-toothed blade fixed in a frame.
Also, hack saw.


Origin:
1645–55; hack 1 + saw 1
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hack·saw   (hāk'sô')   
n.  A saw consisting of a tough, fine-toothed blade stretched taut in a frame, used for cutting metal.

[Alteration of Middle English hagge-saue, a kind of saw : haggen, to cut, chop; see haggle + sawe, saw; see saw1.]
hack'saw' v.
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