Definition of hatching

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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..

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Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..
Palmyra :: Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts..
Thatching :: Thatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thatc.
Hatchery :: Hatchery (n.) A house for hatching fish, etc..
Crossnath :: Crossnath (v. t.) To shade by means of crosshatching.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The act of hatching.
Reed :: Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Nest :: Nest (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.
Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching..
Thatching :: Thatching (n.) The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc..
Hatcher :: Hatcher (n.) One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator..
Hatching :: Hatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hatc.
Thatching :: Thatching (n.) The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
Peep :: Peep (v. i.) To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..
Ovoviviparous :: Ovoviviparous (a.) Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles..
Rick :: Rick (n.) A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching..
Hachure :: Hachure (n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching..
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..
Thatch :: Thatch (n.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching..
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