| Hatch (hatch) |
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| v. t. | (h ch) |
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| Hatch |
| [imp. *** p. p. Hatched (h&abreve]cht);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Hatching.] [F. hacher
to chop, hack. See Hash.] |
To cross
with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See
Hatching.
To cross] to spot; to stain; to
steep.
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To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by
incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as,
the young when hatched.
To contrive or plot; to form by
meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to
concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy.
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To produce young; --
said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of
birds, fishes, insects, etc.
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The
act of hatching.
Development; disclosure; discovery.
The chickens produced at once or by one
incubation; a brood.
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A door with an opening over it; a half door,
sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
A frame or weir in a river, for catching
fish.
A flood gate; a sluice gate.
A bedstead.
An opening in the deck of a vessel or
floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a
hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing
such an opening.
An opening into, or in
search of, a mine.
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To close with a hatch
or hatches.
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