Hat

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

n. [ AS. hæt, hætt; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt, Icel. hattr a hat, höttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. √13. Cf. Hood. ] A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hat block, a block on which hats are formed or dressed. --
To pass around the hat, to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [ Colloq. ] Lowell. [ 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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl. [ 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 ]