2 entries under this word

Tomahawk

Tōm'a-hawk, n.

noun

n. [Indian: Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamohecan.] An Indian weapon, being a wooden club, two feet or more in length, terminating in a heavy knob; — applied also to the Indian hatchet.

An ornate tomahawk with a long decorated handle and a broad, curved blade. — Tomahawk.

Tōm'a-hawk, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. TOMAHAWKED (tōm'a-hawkt); p. pr. & vb. n. TOMAHAWKING.] To cut or kill with a hatchet called a tomahawk.