'hatchet face' definitions:
Definition of 'hatchet face'
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- Hatchet \Hatch"et\ (-[e^]t), n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ax. See 1st Hatch, Hash.]
- 1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, a tomahawk. [1913 Webster]
- Buried was the bloody hatchet. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence:
- 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.