hatchet

1. n. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand. Source: opted

2. n. Specifically, a tomahawk. Source: opted

3. n. weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians Source: wordnet

4. n. a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) Source: wordnet

5. 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

6. n:100 n. a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) Source: ecdict

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