[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hatchet \hatch"et\ -e^t, n. f. hachette, dim. of hache ax.
   see 1st hatch, hash.
   1. a small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
      1913 webster

   2. specifically, a tomahawk.
      1913 webster

            buried was the bloody hatchet.        --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a
      hatchet; hence:

   hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged. --dryden.

   to bury the hatchet, to make peace or become reconciled.

   to take up the hatchet, to make or declare war. the last
      two phrases are derived from the practice of the american
      indians.
see also:
hatch hash hatchet face hatchet-faced to bury the hatchet to take up the hatchet 

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