OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19506

hatchet

/ˈhæt͡ʃɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
destral • hacha • macheta • segureja
A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
Buried was the bloody hatchet, / Buried was the dreadful war-club, / Buried were all warlike weapons, / And the war-cry was forgotten.
“It must be admitted, Nick, you are a very literal logician—‘dog won't eat dog,’ is our English saying. Still the Yankee will fight the Yengeese, it would seem. In a word, the Grea…
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