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. ]
In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Booby hatch,
Buttery hatch,
Companion hatch, etc.
To batten down the hatches (Naut.),
To be under hatches,
n.
v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and originally meaning, to produce under a hatch. √12. ]
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
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). [ 1913 Webster ]
Fancies hatched
In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson. [ 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 ]
n. (Naut.) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. [ p. p. from hatch, v. i. ] produced from an egg. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle. ] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also
v. t.