Definition of hatch

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Hatch (n.) 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..

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Hatchel :: Hatchel (n.) To tease; to worry; to torment.
Woodcracker :: Woodcracker (n.) The nuthatch.
Disclose :: Disclose (v. t.) To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Hellier :: Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher..
Grating :: Grating (n.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats..
Nutjobber :: Nutjobber (n.) The nuthatch.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The act of hatching.
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain..
Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) 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..
Hatcheler :: Hatcheler (n.) One who uses a hatchel.
Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel..
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..
Reed :: Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Axstone :: Axstone (n.) A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Helve :: Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze..
Hatching :: Hatching (n.) 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..
Thatched :: Thatched (imp. & p. p.) of Thatc.
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