Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shape of a hatchet; dolabriform.
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Examples
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This one had a narrow, hatchet-shaped face and wild, bushy eyebrows.
Twisted Francine Pascal 2000
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This one had a narrow, hatchet-shaped face and wild, bushy eyebrows.
Twisted Francine Pascal 2000
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This one had a narrow, hatchet-shaped face and wild, bushy eyebrows.
Twisted Francine Pascal 2000
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Jared's face was oblong, rather than hatchet-shaped, with a cheerful snub nose that effectively ruined the dignified air conferred at a distance by his excellent tailoring and upright carriage.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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His hatchet-shaped face had gone quiet, as if he'd found something significant to think about.
Northlight Hall, Adam, 1920- 1985
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We walked under it to see the curious hatchet-shaped figure sculptured on one of the upper stones.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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It was opened in 1863, and found to contain a sepulchral chamber or dolmen, outside of which lay a granite stone above three feet long, inscribed with various figures, and, in the middle, a cartouche, with hatchet-shaped characters.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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From Mamillaria, however, it differs in the form of its tubercles, which are hatchet-shaped, and cleft at the apex, where each division is clothed with small, horny, overlapping scales, not unlike the back of a woodlouse -- hence the specific name.
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Dolabriform: hatchet-shaped: compressed, with a prominent dilated keel and cylindrical base.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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In appearance he was lean, old, and ugly, with hatchet-shaped face and cunning, malevolent eyes; and when he pressed his hateful attentions on the fair Guta she turned from him in disgust.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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