Definition for HATCH'ET

HATCH'ET, n. [G. hacke; Dan. hakke; Fr. hache; from hack, – which see.]

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand. To take up the hatchet, a phrase borrowed from the natives of America, is to make war. To bury the hatchet, is to make peace.

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