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sing. pres. of Hote to be called. Cf. Hatte. [ Obs. ] “That one hat abstinence.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Hate. ] Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A box for a hat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hacche, AS. hæc, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. häck 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A bedstead. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of hatching. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]