HATCHETS

Noun

hatchets

plural of hatchet

Anagrams

• hatchest, thatches

Source: Wiktionary


HATCHET

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



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