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HATCH . I. (In See also:

Mid. Eng. hacche; the word is of obscure origin, but cognate forms appear in Swed. h¢cka, and See also:Dan. hoc/eke; it has been connected with " hatch," grating, with possible reference to a coop, and with " hack " in the sense " to See also:peck," of chickens coming out of the See also:shell), to bring out See also:young from the See also:egg, by See also:incubation or other See also:process, natural or artificial. The word is also used as a substantive of a brood of chickens brought out from the eggs. " Hatchery " is particularly applied to a See also:place for the hatching of See also:fish spawn, where the natural process is aided by artificial means. In a figurative sense " to hatch " is often used of the development or contrivance of a See also:plot or See also:conspiracy. 2. (From the Fr. hacker, to cut, hache, See also:hatchet), to engrave or draw by means of cutting lines on See also:wood, See also:metal, &c., or to See also:ornament by See also:inlaying with strips of some other substance as See also:gold or See also:silver. Engraved lines, especially those used in shading, are called " hatches " or " hachures " (see See also:HACHURE). 3. (O.E. hcec, a See also:gate, See also:rack in a See also:stable; found in various See also:Teutonic See also:languages; cf.

Dutch hek, Dan. hekke; the ultimate origin is obscure; See also:

Skeat suggests a connexion with the See also:root seen in " See also:hook "), the name given to the See also:lower See also:half of a divided I ' mil Not Nen ai J_11-7 ~•-. o' i {,may, See also:ILL HOC ~~ ~ --1 Mir _ ~u~7~!„ See also:door, as in " See also:buttery-hatch," the half-door leading from the buttery or See also:kitchen, through which the dishes could be passed into the dining-See also:hall. It was used formerly as another name for a See also:ship's See also:deck, and thus the phrase " under hatches " meant properly below deck; the word is now applied to the doors of grated framework covering the openings (the " hatchways ") which See also:lead from one deck to another into the hold through which the See also:cargo is lowered. In See also:Cornwall the word is used to denote certain dams or mounds used to prevent the See also:tin-washes and the See also:water coming from the stream-See also:works from flowing into the fresh See also:rivers.

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