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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Crosshatching :: Crosshatching (n.) In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle..
Altrices :: Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces..
Fossores :: Fossores (n. pl.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched..
Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief..
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 contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy..
Oviparous :: Oviparous (a.) Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous..
Beefeater :: Beefeater (n.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known..
Dolabriform :: Dolabriform (a.) Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish..
Gymnopaedic :: Gymnopaedic (a.) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopaedic; -- said of certain birds.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The act of hatching.
Hood :: Hood (n.) A covering or porch for a companion hatch.
Nutjobber :: Nutjobber (n.) The nuthatch.
Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..
Thatcher :: Thatcher (n.) One who thatches.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) A bedstead.
Hatcheled :: Hatcheled (imp. & p. p.) of Hatche.
Hatchet :: Hatchet (n.) Specifically, a tomahawk..
Hatcher :: Hatcher (n.) One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening into, or in search of, a mine..
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