weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
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cut with a tomahawk
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kill with a tomahawk
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Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.] A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tomahawked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tomahawking}.] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Skeeter Vaughan, a Cherokee Inidian whose knife-throwing and tomahawk skills led him to a career as actor and stuntman in movies and television, has died of a heart attack at age 66.