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machete
CIDE DICTIONARY
machete, n. [Sp.].
A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes. J. Stevens. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
machete, n. (also matchet) a broad heavy knife used in Central America and the W. Indies as an implement and weapon.
Etymology
Sp. f. macho hammer f. LL marcus
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