hatchet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hatchet	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hatchet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatchet n weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians Synonym(s): tomahawk, hatchet a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hatchet \Hatch"et\, n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache [?]. See 1st {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.