About The Word Hatchet
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Hatchet
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What's The Definition Of Hatchet?
[n] short ax used to chop wood
[n] weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American indians Synonyms | Synonyms for Hatchet: tomahawk Related Terms | Find terms related to Hatchet: adz | ax | battle-ax | bread knife | bushwhacker | butcher knife | carving knife | chaser | chisel | cleaver | clipper | clippers | dagger | gouge | hack | halberd | hoe | hunting knife | jackknife | knife | lance | lancet | letter-opener | machete | mattock | nippers | paper cutter | paper knife | paring knife | penknife | pick | pickax | plowshare | poleax | razor | razor blade | saw knife | sax | scalpel | scissors | scoop | scraper | scuffle hoe | scythe | share | shears | sheath knife | sickle | sidecutters | snips | spear | spokeshave | surgical knife | sword | table knife | tomahawk | wedge See Also | arm | ax | axe | broad hatchet | claw hatchet | half hatchet | weapon | weapon system Hatchet In Webster's Dictionary \Hatch"et\, n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ?. See 1st
{Hatch}, {Hash}.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
Buried was the bloody hatchet. --Longfellow.
{Hatchet face}, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a
hatchet; hence:
{Hatchet-faced}, sharp-visaged. --Dryden.
{To bury the hatchet}, to make peace or become reconciled.
{To take up the hatchet}, to make or declare war. The last
two phrases are derived from the practice of the American
Indians.
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