Hatcher

hatch ¹  (hch)

n.

1.

a. An opening, as in the deck of a ship, in the roof or floor of a building, or in an aircraft.

b. The cover for such an opening.

c. A hatchway.

d. Nautical A ship's compartment.

2. The hinged rear door of a hatchback.

3. A floodgate.

Idiom:

down the hatch Slang

Drink up. Often used as a toast.

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[Middle English, small door, from Old English hæc, hæcc.]

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hatch ²  (hch)

v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es

v.intr.

To emerge from or break out of an egg.

v.tr.

1. To produce (young) from an egg.

2. To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.

3. To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.

n.

1. The act or an instance of hatching.

2. The young hatched at one time; a brood.

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[Middle English hacchen, from Old English *hæccan.]

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hatcher n.

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hatch ³  (hch)

tr.v. hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es

To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.

n.

A fine line used in hatching.

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[Middle English hachen, to engrave, carve, from Old French hacher, hachier, to crosshatch, cut up; see hash¹.]