Hatchet
Hatchet (-et) , noun
[French hachette, dim. of hache ax. 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.
Collocations (4)
hatchet face , a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet
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.