Hatchet
Pronunciation : Hatch"et
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. hachette, dim. of hache Hatch, Hash.]
Definition : 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