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Encyclopedia > Hatchet
A carpenter's hatchet
A carpenter's hatchet
See Hatchet (novel) for the young adult novel.
See Hatchet (film) for the horror film.

Hatchet from the French hachette a diminutive form of the word hache, French for axe. The hatchet is a single handed striking tool with a sharp blade used to cut and split wood. Hatchets are taxonomically differentiated from hand axes by some using one or more of the following characteristics: the addition of a hammer head and a head 1-3 pounds (500 to 1,500 grams) in weight. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1800x800, 245 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Hatchet ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1800x800, 245 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Hatchet ... Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honor award-winning wilderness survival novel written by Gary Paulsen. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hatchet is a 2007 slasher film from Ariescope Pictures [1]. Set in the Louisiana bayou, it is the story of the legend of Victor Crowley. ... “Horror Movie” redirects here. ... Axe For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation). ... A hand axe is a bifacial Paleolithic core tool. ... A claw hammer For other uses, see Hammer (disambiguation). ... For other meanings of gram, see gram (disambiguation). ...


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Hatchet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (212 words)
Hatchet from the old French 'hachette' a diminutive form of the word 'hache' or axe.
The hatchet is a single handed striking tool with a sharp blade used to cut and split wood.
The poll is a hammer head (often checkered) and there is a notch in the underside of the blade for pulling nails.Used to apply wooden lath in preparation for the application of plaster.
Hatchet (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (482 words)
Hatchet is a 1987 Newbery Honor award-winning wilderness survival novel written by Gary Paulsen.
The bush-pilot of a Cessna 406 in which he is travelling to visit his father in the Canadian oil fields suffers a heart attack, and Brian must crash-land the plane.
Hatchet was made into a TV movie in 1990 entitled A Cry in the Wild.
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