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Definition of Half hatchet
1. Noun. A hatchet with a broad blade on one end and a hammer head of the other.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Hatchet
Literary usage of Half hatchet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"6</., no longer in circulation. half-hatchet (häf'hach'et), ». A hatchet having
a bit projecting only on the side toward the hand, the other side being ..."
2. On the road to riches, or, How to succeed in life by William H. Maher (1893)
"The clerk then showed him a half hatchet, but he did not want that. At this the
small patience of the clerk was exhausted. Said he, " It's my opinion you ..."
3. Manual and Household Arts by Benjamin Wiley Johnson, Ellen P. Dabney (1905)
"I Plumb's half hatchet, No. 2. 1 Clark's expansive bit, No. 2. 1 Langdon mitre
box, No. 18. 1 pyrography outfit. 6 varnish cups with covers, (tin, ..."
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