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HATCHET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hatchet" is a kind of...):
ax; axe (an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hatchet"):
broad hatchet (a short-handled hatchet with a broad blade opposite a hammerhead)
claw hatchet (a hatchet that has a cleft for pulling nails)
half hatchet (a hatchet with a half axe head)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
Synonyms:
hatchet; tomahawk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hatchet" is a kind of...):
arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)
Context examples:
One of them now noticed a gold ring still remaining on the little finger of the murdered girl, and as he could not draw it off easily, he took a hatchet and cut off the finger; but the finger sprang into the air, and fell behind the cask into the lap of the girl who was hiding there.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow at the sparrow, meaning to kill her; but she flew away, and the blow fell upon the poor horse’s head with such force, that he fell down dead.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
And one of the robbers saw that there was a gold ring still left on her finger, and as it was difficult to draw off, he took a hatchet and cut off her finger; but the finger sprang into the air and fell behind the great cask into my lap.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
