hatchet
(noun) a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
tomahawk, hatchet
(noun) weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hatchet (plural hatchets)
A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
hatchet (third-person singular simple present hatchets, present participle hatchetting or hatcheting, simple past and past participle hatchetted or hatcheted)
(transitive) To cut with a hatchet.
Source: Wiktionary
Hatch"et, n. Etym: [F. hachette, dim. of hache 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
