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Definition of Hatchets
1. hatchet [n] - See also: hatchet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatchets
Literary usage of Hatchets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... that brought them one of their hatchets, an old key, a knife, and fix or feven
of their bullets, which, though they did not ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"3) which have ì hatchets, whether for domestic use or war. ... 4). hatchets as
well as the knives are generally of silex, that is, species of stone which ..."
3. The Origin of the North American Indians: With a Faithful Description of by John McIntosh (1844)
"THEIR hatchets. These people, before they had been furnished with hatchets and
other tools by Europeans, were greatly embarrassed in cutting down their ..."
4. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"... on small copper hatchets, from hatchets. different savages inhabiting the
Cordilleras, and made with these instruments, others of stone. ..."
5. History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1856)
"... such hatchets as could be made from stone; and an English mastiff seemed to
them a terrible adversary.1 Nor were their numbers considerable. ..."
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