Noah Webster
Hatchet
HATCH'ET, noun 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.
HATCH'ET, noun 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.