Lewis Short
sĕcūrĭcŭla (noun F) : dim.securis.
* A little axe, a hatchet, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114 sq.; Mart. 14, 35in lemm. (but Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177, sericulam).
* Transf., in carpentry, a mortise in the shape of a hatchethead, a dovetail, Vitr. 4, 7, 4; 10, 17 (10, 11, 8).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary