hatchet

hatchet (hac̸h′it)

noun

a small ax with a short handle, for use with one hand: often the part of the head opposite the cutting edge is shaped like the striking portion of a hammerhead
☆ tomahawk

Etymology: ME hachet < OFr hachette, dim. of hache, an ax: see hachure

bury the hatchet

☆

to stop fighting; make peace

Types of hatches include: bench hatchet, lathing hatchet, roofer's hatchet, claw hatchet, broad hatchet, tomahawk, pipe-tomahawk, battleax.

make peace, stop fighting, settle one's differences, come to terms, smoke a peace pipe.

Converse of object

bury: T in the Park T in the Park 2006 I'm burying the hatchet with The Ordinary Boy's.
take: Apart from snacks and water, we took only a hatchet, a small saw, and whatever scraps of rope we could find.
wield: So it's my job to wield the hatchet.
carry: Then M'ling had come to him carrying a light hatchet.
seize: Dowlas seized the hatchet, ready to dispatch the brute the moment it should be landed on the raft.
throw: Attacked by some particularly fierce bees, he defended himself by throwing a hatchet which flew up to the Moon.

Adjective modifier

little: But I am not too young to work, grandma, and I shall take my little hatchet and go into the wood.

Modifies a noun

man: Of course he was Chapman's hatchet man, don't think I didn't know that!
face: Her thin, hatchet face with huge glittering eyes perfectly conveyed the ultimate misery of evil.
blade: From hats to hatchet blades, the essence of town and Regatta celebrations since 1899 has been captured on film.

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