Hatchet
[Greek axine, Latin ascia, Italian accetta,
French hachette, our hatchet and axe.)
To bury the hatchet.
(See Bury.)
To throw the hatchet.
To tell false-hoods. In allusion to an ancient game where hatchets
were thrown at a mark, like quoits. It means the same as drawing the
long-bow (q.v.).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Hatchet from Fact Monster:
- tomahawk - tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North ...
- hatchet - hatchet: hatchet: see tomahawk.
- Hatchet - Hatchet [Greek axine, Latin ascia, Italian accetta, French hachette, our hatchet and axe.) To bury ...
- Bury the Hatchet - Bury the Hatchet Let by-gones be by-gones. The “Great Spirit” commanded the North ...
- Gary Paulsen - Biography of Gary Paulsen, The author of Hatchet
|
