hatchet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hatchet/ˈhatʃɪt/
▶noun a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand.
– phrases
bury the hatchet end a quarrel or conflict. [with allusion to an American Indian custom.]
bury the hatchet end a quarrel or conflict. [with allusion to an American Indian custom.]
– origin ME: from OFr. hachette, dimin. of hache ‘axe’.
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