Hatchet-faced

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

  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.
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     2. Specifically, a tomahawk.


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              Buried was the bloody hatchet.        --Longfellow.
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     {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.