'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.

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