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English Dictionary: hatch by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatch
n
  1. the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch, hatching]
  2. shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
    Synonym(s): hatch, hatching, crosshatch, hachure
  3. a movable barrier covering a hatchway
v
  1. emerge from the eggs; "young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch"
  2. devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
    Synonym(s): think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
  3. inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
  4. draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper; "hatch the sheet"
  5. sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
    Synonym(s): brood, hatch, cover, incubate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken,
      Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a
      half door, and orig. meaning, to produce under a hatch.
      [?][?][?].]
      1. 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. --Paley.
  
                     As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them
                     not.                                                   --Jer. xvii.
                                                                              11.
  
                     For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by
                     keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the
                     husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them.
                                                                              --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
      2. 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. --Hooker.
  
                     Fancies hatched In silken-folded idleness.
                                                                              --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Hatching}.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See {Hash}.]
      1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and
            engraving. See {Hatching}.
  
                     Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.
                                                                              --Chapman.
  
                     Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden.
  
      2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
  
                     His weapon hatched in blood.               --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. t.
      To close with a hatch or hatches.
  
               'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, v. i.
      To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the
      egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, n.
      1. The act of hatching.
  
      2. Development; disclosure; discovery. --Shak.
  
      3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a
            brood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[91]c, cf. haca the bar of a
      door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[84]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger,
      rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made
      of pieces fastened together. Cf. {Heck}, {Hack} a frame.]
      1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set
            with spikes on the upper edge.
  
                     In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak.
  
      2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
  
      3. A flood gate; a a sluice gate. --Ainsworth.
  
      4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
  
      5. 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.
  
      6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
  
      {Booby hatch}, {Buttery hatch}, {Companion hatch}, etc. See
            under {Booby}, {Buttery}, etc.
  
      {To batten down the hatches} (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over
            them, and secure them with battens.
  
      {To be under hatches}, to be confined below in a vessel; to
            be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Hatch, NM (village, FIPS 31820)
      Location: 32.66759 N, 107.15579 W
      Population (1990): 1136 (498 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 87937
   Hatch, UT (town, FIPS 33760)
      Location: 37.65236 N, 112.43260 W
      Population (1990): 103 (73 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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