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English Dictionary: hatching by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatching
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
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]:
   Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.]
      A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature
      painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each
      other at angles more or less acute; -- called also
      {crosshatching}.
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