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What (who) is hatchet - definition

SINGLE-HANDED STRIKING TOOL WITH A SHARP BLADE ON ONE SIDE USED TO CUT AND SPLIT WOOD, AND A HAMMER HEAD ON THE OTHER SIDE
Hatchets; Hachet
  • Hatchet
  • A hand axe (note the lack of a hammer head)

hatchet         
n.
Small axe.
hatchet         
(hatchets)
1.
A hatchet is a small axe that you can hold in one hand.
N-COUNT
2.
If two people bury the hatchet, they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement.
PHRASE: V inflects
hatchet         
¦ noun a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand.
Phrases
bury the hatchet end a quarrel or conflict. [with allusion to an American Indian custom.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. hachette, dimin. of hache 'axe'.

Wikipedia

Hatchet

A hatchet (from the Old French hachete, a diminutive form of hache, 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side. Hatchets may also be used for hewing when making flattened surfaces on logs; when the hatchet head is optimized for this purpose it is called a hewing hatchet.

Although hand axe and hatchet are often used interchangeably, they are not the same thing. A hand axe is essentially a miniature axe with a flat butt or poll on the back side of the head, whereas a hatchet has a hammerhead on the back.

Hatchets can do some work of a pocketknife when one is not present, or create fire through sparks and friction when a lighter is not.

"Burying the hatchet" is a phrase meaning "making peace", attributed to an Iroquois tradition of hiding or putting away a tomahawk after a peace agreement.

"Hatchet" was used to describe a battle axe in Middle English.

Examples of use of hatchet
1. The Warwick agreement26.07.2004: Unions bury hatchet with Labour
2. Obama said McCain‘s approach amounted to a hatchet when a scalpel was more appropriate.
3. He dashed to the airboat, carrying only a flashlight, a radio and a hatchet.
4. He said he wanted to hatchet someone in the back of the neck.
5. CRIME: Killed three women with a hatchet, one of whom was blind.