hatchet

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.
• noun A tomahawk.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A small ax with a short handle, designed to be used with one hand.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
• noun Specifically, a tomahawk.
• noun a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet.
• noun sharp-visaged.
• noun to make peace or become reconciled.
• noun to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A small light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
• verb transitive To cut with a hatchet.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
• noun weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians