2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter. A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.
HATCHERY
Hatch"er*y, n.
Defn: A house for hatching fish, etc.
HATCHET
Hatch"et, n. Etym: [F. hachette, dim. of hache Hatch, Hash.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
2. Specifically, a tomahawk. Buried was the bloody hatchet. Longfellow.
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.
HATCHET MAN
Hatchet man
Defn: 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man.
Defn: 2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious communication, often with political motive, and sometimes for pay.