单词 | hatchet |
释义 | hatchetn. A small or light axe with a short handle, designed to be used with one hand.Recorded earliest in to hang up one's hatchet at Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > small adzeeOE hatcheta1350 chip axe1371 chipping axec1425 hack-chip1440 hatcha1533 plane-axe1611 planing axe1611 hand-axe1790 hack iron1831 tommy axe1848 tommy1873 Pulaski1924 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun] > hatchet hatcheta1350 tomahawk1803 tommy axe1837 tommy1873 tom-axe1988 a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 21 Hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf, whil him lasteþ þe lyf wiþ þe longe shonkes. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. l. 304 Alle þat bereþ..Axe [other] hachet [C text c1400 Huntington HM 137 acchett]. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 94 Men hewez with a hacchet aboute þe fote of þe tree. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 174 A ȝheman..suld dryf the vayn, and ber Ane hachit [1489 Adv. hachat], that war scharp to scher, Vndir his belt. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 628 Securis, ascia, axe, hachet. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 11v Axes, Hatchettes, and Sithes, of all sortes. 1623 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 207 For 12 spads, 6 loks, 2 hatchits, on rispe. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 20 The Indians..knocked the poor Maid down with their Hatchets, and gave her many other wounds. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 70/1 His Hatchet in his Hand, ready to bestow a Mercy-stroak of Death upon her. 1786 J. Ledyard Let. 16 Aug. in Journey through Russia (1966) 109 I bought two great Dogs, an Indian pipe and a hatchet. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvi. 238 Two wild Highlanders..one of whom had upon his shoulder a hatchet at the end of a pole. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. i. vi. 129 Hatchets, or wedges, are among the most abundant of all the relics of the Stone Period. 1908 E. T. Seton Two Little Sav. iii. viii. 321 Caleb worked on the hollow log... With the hatchet he cleared out all the..splinters inside. 1955 P. Sillitoe Cloak without Dagger xiv. 128 Both gangs used hatchets, swords, and sharpened bicycle chains. 2010 Woodcarving Jan. 35/3 I roughly squared off the wood using a carver's hatchet. Phrases P1. a. to hang up one's hatchet: to stop working; to take a rest; (in later use esp.) to retire. Cf. to hang up 2 at hang v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > desist from effort or exertion restOE to hang up one's hatcheta1350 to call it a night1912 that'll be the day1916 the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest restOE to hang up one's hatcheta1350 to latch one's ease, one's leave1377 sabbatize1382 roc1460 repose1494 repause1526 respire1566 respite1587 requiesce1653 to rest (also lie) on one's oars1726 to lay off1841 to rest up1858 spell1880 to lie off1891 a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 21 Hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf, whil him lasteþ þe lyf wiþ þe longe shonkes. c1422 T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.) l. 736 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 136 Hange vp his hachet & sette him adoun. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 69 (MED) Hange up þin hachet & take þi reste. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 Whan thow hast well don, hange wp thi hatchet. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 6/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια I have hang'd up my hatchet and scap'd my self. 1975 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 10 Aug. 7 I need a son to carry on the business when I hang up my hatchet. 2004 W. Safire in Associated Press Online (Nexis) 15 Nov. After more than three decades of opinionated reporting on the world's first and foremost political battle page, it's time to hang up my hatchet. b. to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet: to exaggerate; to fabricate, invent. Cf. to draw the long bow at longbow n. Phrases. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase] to go beyond the moon?c1430 to cast beyond the moon1559 to lay on load?1562 to lay it on with a trowela1616 all (his) geese are swans1621 to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667 to lay it on thick1740 to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778 to come it1796 to make a thing about (also of)1813 to draw with the long-bow1823 to pitch it strong1823 to overegg the pudding1845 to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865 to god it1870 to strong it1964 to stretch it (or things)1965 1778 F. Pilon Invasion i. 14 Tat. Split my drum sticks, how you do fling the hatchet, Serjeant! Drill. Why do you doubt my word, you dog! 1821 P. Egan Life in London iii. 217 There is nothing..‘throwing the hatchet’ about this description. It is the plain and naked truth. 1826 J. O'Keeffe Recoll. I. iv. 147 Saying this, I do not myself fling the hatchet, as Daly told me the circumstance. 1893 T. B. Foreman Trip to Spain 97 The ladies titter, knowing, as we do, the skipper's habit of slinging the hatchet. 1901 E. R. Suffling Innocents on Broads x. 244 If you can't sling the hatchet with any man..I'll eat my boots... You are a proper liar, and no mistake. 1996 J. A. Ferguson Miss Charity's Case x. 121 Sling the hatchet at someone else, young man. I do not need you lathering me with untruths. c. to throw the helve after the hatchet: see helve n. 1b. pap with a hatchet: see pap n.2 4. P2. a. With reference or allusion to the custom among some American Indian peoples of burying a hatchet when peace has been made after fighting (see quot. 1680 at Phrases 2a(a)). Cf. tomahawk n. Phrases 1. (a) to bury the hatchet: to stop fighting; to end a quarrel; to make peace. ΚΠ 1680 S. Sewall in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1870) XXIV. 121 Meeting wth ye Sachem the[y] came to an agreemt and buried two Axes in ye Ground;..which ceremony to them is more significant & binding than all Articles of Peace the Hatchet being a principal weapon wth ym.] 1694 Acct. Treaty between Benjamin Fletcher & Indians of Five Nations 22 The French Indians should come to me, and desire to bury the Hatchet, as you have gone to Canada to do the like. 1754 in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1836) 3rd Ser. V. 10 We have ordered..our Governor of New York to hold an interview with them [sc. the Six Nations] for delivering those presents, [and] for burying the hatchet. 1794 J. Jay Corr. & Public Papers (1893) IV. 147 To use an Indian figure, may the hatchet henceforth be buried for ever. 1819 J. Heckewelder Acct. Hist., Manners, & Customs Indian Nations xii, in Trans. Hist. & Lit. Comm. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 125 Metaphorical Expressions... ‘To bury the hatchet’,—To make, or conclude a peace. 1898 Sketch 3 Aug. 50/1 I asked papa how grown-ups made friends again, after they had quarrelled. He said, ‘Oh, they bury the hatchet and smoke the pipe of peace.’ 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 53/2 All that doesn't matter one hoot. You two ought to bury the hatchet, and start enjoying life. 2014 Radio Times 26 July (South/West ed.) 90/4 Taw Jackson and Lomax are two rivals who decide to bury the hatchet when Jackson is released from jail. (b) to dig up the hatchet: to resume fighting after a period of peace; (more generally) to renew hostilities. ΚΠ 1727 C. Colden Hist. Five Indian Nations iii. 70 If ever he should hear of the like Complaint, he would dig up the Hatchet, and joyn with the rest of the English to cut them off, Root and Branch. 1877 F. Parkman Count Frontenac 108 I thank you for bringing back the calumet of peace..and I give you joy that you have not dug up the hatchet. 1913 T. W. Burgess Boy Scouts on Swift River xii. 172 He was wise enough to realize the futility of digging up the hatchet again, but his heart was ever turned from the white men. 2015 GQ (Nexis) Dec. 146 Unable to set aside his pride, Trump dug up the hatchet once more. b. to take up the hatchet: to declare war; to begin fighting; (more generally) to commence hostilities. Cf. to take up the tomahawk at tomahawk n. Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities asty1297 to take weapon in handa1538 to raise one's standard1548 to rise in arms1563 to take (up) armsa1593 to break into arms1594 to unsheathe the sword1649 to take up the hatchet1694 to throw away the scabbard1704 to fly to arms1847 1694 Acct. Treaty between Benjamin Fletcher & Indians of Five Nations 27 The Senekes of late have sent a Belt of Wampum to the Indians of Delaware River, requiring them to take up the Hatchet of War, and fight along with them. 1753 G. Washington Jrnl. in Writings (1889) I. 21 Three Nations of French Indians..had taken up the Hatchet against the English. 1855 W. Irving Life Washington I. 78 Singis..was one of the greatest warriors of his tribe, and ‘took up the hatchet’ at various times against the English. 1951 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 35 56/1 The causes which led the Indians to take up the hatchet against the English were several in number. 2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 11 Apr. (Business section) a3 China Unicom is ‘taking up the hatchet’ against Blackberry. Compounds C1. General attributive, as hatchet-edge, hatchet-head, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately. ΚΠ 1648 Royall Diurnall 14–22 Aug. sig. D2 Read this ore againe Doctour Hatchet face. a1676 M. Hale Pleas of Crown (1678) 26 Chancemedley, where a Man doing a lawful act, without intent of hurt to another, and death casually ensues. As..hewing a Tree and the Hatchet-head flies off. 1758 tr. A. S. Maillard Acct. Micmakis & Maricheets 27 A stick, made much in the form of a hatchet-handle. 1858 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey vi. 98 The Scuir..resembled a sharp hatchet-edge presented to the sky. 1911 F. M. Farmer Catering for Special Occasions iii. 58 Cut into hatchet shapes, which can be easily accomplished with a pasteboard pattern and sharp knife. 2009 Austral. Archaeol. No 68. 54 At one location also containing flaked glass and stone artefacts, a rusted steel hatchet head was discovered. C2. hatchet face n. a narrow or sharp-featured face, often with a severe or hostile expression; (a name for) a person with such a face or expression. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [noun] muskin1530 vizard1568 monkey-face?1589 chitty-face1601 angel face1605 smock-face1605 fish-facea1625 platter face1631 ammunition face1649 horn-facea1668 baby facea1684 crab face1706 hatchet face1707 splatter-face1707 paddock-face1724 pudding face1748 dough face1755 Madonna face1790 company face1798 moon-face1822 pug-facea1845 puss1844 frog-face1872 bun-face1913 bitch face1969 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 420 A Lanthorn-Jaw'd Woman, with a Hatchet-Face. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 230 They had pulled him about and called him Hatchetface. 1939 J. S. Bixler Relig. for Free Minds iv. 44 Mr. Heard points to changes in physical appearance—the Englishman assuming what he calls ‘a hatchet face with rabbit mouth’. 2009 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 21 Aug. 24 Grandad had a hatchet face and unforgiving nature. hatchet-faced adj. having a narrow or sharp-featured face, often with a severe or hostile expression. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1648 Mercurius Aulicus 24 Feb.–2 Mar. sig. E2 If any Hatchet-fac'd Independent in the House dare deny this, I will maintaine he lyes (like a Traytor) in his throat. 1762 Life, Trav., & Adventures Christopher Wagstaff II. xxxii. 151 Pray mind that solemn, grave, hatchet-faced old fellow. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 12 A thin hatchet-faced gentleman, with projecting eyes like a lobster. 1904 F. Crissey Tattlings Retired Politician ii. 42 A hatchet-faced lawyer..made a quick round-up of the representatives of the corporate interests. 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 67 I remembered..images of hatchet-faced leaders and khaki parades. hatchet fashion adv. and n. (a) adv. in the way a hatchet is used or wielded; (b) n. a manner resembling the wielding or using of a hatchet. ΚΠ 1829 United Service Jrnl. Feb. 315 The latter manoeuvre was too Frenchified and scholar-like for Jack, who hit hatchet fashion, felling the Greeks like cattle. 1913 Times of India 9 Jan. 11/4 Such implements were used hatchet-fashion. 1928 N.Y. Times 23 Dec. iii. 2/3 The wrecking of a speakeasy here by Mrs. Maud Wilson in the hatchet fashion made famous by the late Carrie Nation has started a drive on vice. 2010 S. Sayler What your Body says iv. 55 The friend begins to gesture towards John with a rigid forearm, moving it up and down quickly in a hatchet fashion. hatchet fish n. any of various fish having a deep, narrow body thought to resemble a hatchet; esp. (a) any fish of the subfamily Sternoptychinae of deep sea fishes found in tropical to temperate waters around the world; (b) any fish of the family Gasteropelecidae of South and Central American freshwater fishes, popular as aquarium fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of Sternoptychidae (sea hatchet-fish) hatchet fish1848 pearlsides1859 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Characoidei > member of family Gasteropelecidae (hatchet fish) hatchet fish1848 1848 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 15 Fam. Squamipennes, Cuv. Pempheris Schomburgkii, Müll. et Tr. nov. spec...Hatchet Fish. 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xii. 231 (caption) Hatchet-fish (Argyropelecus sp.). 2013 Ireland's Own 12 Apr. 45/2 When in danger, the agile Hatchet fish uses strong fins at the sides of its body to fly short distances above the water. hatchet fist n. rare a fist which can strike sharply like a hatchet. ΚΠ 1798 Sporting Mag. Apr. 18/2 A most violent and unexpected blow of his hatchet fist. 1977 A. Lloyd Great Prize Fight 140 In place of the convenient victim of the early rounds flitted the will-o'-the-wisp..; a fighting shadow with a hatchet fist. hatchet-headed adj. (esp. of a person) having a long narrow head. ΚΠ 1712 J. Dunton Preaching-weathercock 32 Such a Weasel-Fac'd, Saddle-Nos'd, Wall-Ey'd, Hatchet-Headed, White-Liver'd Parson as Will ——. 1837 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23 Pl. 2012 An ovule with its singular hatchet-headed stalk. 1912 E. Phillpotts Lovers xix. 245 An old, hatchet-headed, grey-whiskered cuss he was. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) ii. ix. 287 Seated beside him, hatchet-headed, gun in hand, was Freddie Foreman, the fearsome enforcer. hatchet jaw n. a sharp narrow jaw. ΚΠ 1857 G. Meredith Farina 199 Something in the cruel hang of his threatening hatchet jaw silenced many in the act of confirming the assertion. 1992 M. Bishop Count Geiger's Blues lxiv. 339 Hamilcar Clede, a forty-year-old man with the hatchet jaw of a farmer. ΚΠ 1790 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1789 3 57 Others..were abundantly charged with peculiar sculpture, as the chevron work or zig-zag moulding; the embattled frette,..and the hatchet moulding. 1898 W. D. Sweeting Cathedral Church Peterborough iii. 60 The ornamentation throughout is plentiful, but we see nothing but the billet, chevron and the hatchet moulding. 1902 P. H. Ditchfield Cathedrals Great Brit. 371 The hatchet moulding is conspicuous. hatchet stake n. a small anvil for bending thin sheet metal; cf. stake n.1 5a. ΚΠ 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 387 Fig. 215, the hatchet-stake, is from two to ten inches wide; it is very much used for bending the thin metals. 1919 E. Thatcher Making Tin Can Toys xi. 124 The top edge of the hatchet stake is used to fold the tin over. 2008 R. Timings Fabrication & Welding Engin. vii. 308 The hatchet stake has a sharp, straight edge bevelled on one side. It is very useful for making sharp bends, folding the edges of sheet metal [etc.]. hatchet vetch n. either of two leguminous Mediterranean plants, spec. (a) (also hatchet fitch) Securigerea securidaca, having yellow flowers and flattened seeds thought to resemble the head of a hatchet (now chiefly historical); †(b) (also more fully bastard hatchet vetch) Astragalus pelecinus, having pink and purple flowers and long, flattened seed pods with deeply scalloped edges (obsolete). S. securidaca is also called ax fitch. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G. iv Securidaca..maye be called in englishe Axfiche or Hachetfiche, because the seede resembleth an Hatchet. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 1055 Hatchet Fetches. 1651 L. Sowerby Ladies Dispensatory 162 Hatchet Fitch used in a Suppository before the carnall knowledge of a man. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 98 Hatchet vetch..being long and slender, of grassy leaves. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Pelecinus Hatchet-vetch, a Weed that grows amidst Corn. 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 102/1 Annual Spanish Coronilla..is usually called Hatchet Vetch and is the Securidaca of old botanists. 1812 W. T. Aiton Hortus Kewensis (ed. 2) IV. 373 Biserrula... Bastard Hatchet-vetch. Nat. of the South of Europe. 1887 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening III. 402/2 Hatchet Vetch. fl. yellow. 1912 Americana 21 at Vetch The bastard hatchet-vetch is Biserrula pelecinus, with linear pods flattened transversely to the valve-edges. 1994 E. J. Clement & M. C. Foster Alien Plants Brit. Isles 167 Securigera... securidaca... Hatchet Vetch. 2012 U. Quattrocchi CRC World Dict. Medicinal & Poisonous Plants 3386/2 Plinius used securidaca or securiclata for a weed growing among lentils, the hatchet-vetch. Derivatives ˈhatchetlike adj. ΚΠ 1801 ‘P. Pindar’ Out at Last! 12 My visage (hatchet-like, indeed!) In shops the gaping mob shall feed. 1872 Harper's Mag. Jan. 248/1 The hollow chest; the hatchet-like shoulder-blades; the ghastly protruding ribs and collar-bones. 1930 A. Reischek Yesterdays in Maoriland (1933) 152 Others carried wooden lances or long, hatchet-like weapons called tewhatewha. 2009 Schools 6 82 He came and searched her locker. He found and showed me a small hatchetlike weapon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). hatchetv. 1. transitive. To cut or attack with a hatchet, esp. in order to remove, damage, or kill. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > with a specific instrument sawa1225 kembc1480 falchiona1529 hatchet1603 jackknife1806 scissor1840 knive1851 knife1890 paper-knife1898 1603 J. Florio in tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 I..serve but as Vulcan, to hatchet this Minerva from that Iupiters bigge braine. 1700 S. Parker 6 Philos. Ess. 36 A large stump of a Tree..hatcheted into an Elbow Chair. 1764 B. Franklin Narr. Massacres Lancaster County 6 These poor defenceless Creatures were immediately fired upon, stabbed and hatcheted to Death! 1813 T. Clarkson Mem. W. Penn xxi. 483 The good old Chief Shehaes, who had assisted at one of the treaties with William Penn himself..was hatcheted in his bed. 1839 T. Campbell Let. in W. Beattie Life & Lett. T. Campbell (1849) III. 279 The glorious old King John of Bohemia..after hatcheting foes whom he could not see, lying dead amidst his followers! 1913 Out West Feb. 88/1 Dr. Bo Poon, who departed our midst some months ago, was hatcheted to death. 1971 G. Barker Coll. Poems (1987) 567 I have heard..that shriek like a voice start out from the quick of the cut tree when hatcheted to the heart. 2009 Daily Tel. 27 Feb. 27/2 Blood spurts, arms are sawn off, heads are hatcheted, necks broken. 2. transitive. figurative. Originally U.S. To remove, attack, or damage, as if with a hatchet; spec. (a) to apply cutbacks to (services, jobs, etc.); to dismiss (staff); cf. axe v. 2; (b) to attack and destroy the reputation of.Cf. hatchet man n. 3, hatchet job n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > attack reputation of impeach1600 hatchet1959 1932 Huntingdon (Pa.) Daily News 23 July 4/4 Probe of milk industry hatcheted by Senator Adams's committee. 1959 ‘B. O'Brien’ Operators & Things (1960) i. 34 Even the Knoxes were willing to hatchet each other. 1977 Hammond (Louisiana) Daily Star 13 Apr. 2/4 He said he had been harassed and ‘hatcheted’ by the news media. 1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) xv. 127 ‘We've had the consultants in and we're doing a hatchet job.’.. ‘Have you been hatcheted?’ 2002 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 29 Mar. 8 Re-creating the 45,000 jobs hatcheted by the Post Office may be expected, therefore, to cost the state something like £1,170m in regeneration funding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1350v.1603 |
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