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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatched}; p. pr & vb n.
{Hatching}.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See {Hash}.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and
engraving. See {Hatching}.
Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.
--Chapman.
Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
His weapon hatched in blood. --Beau. & Fl
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hatched
adj 1: produced from an egg
2: shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines [syn: {crosshatched}]
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