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3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.] 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hatching adj : good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose; "a brood hen" [syn: {brood}, {brooding}] n 1: the production of young from an egg [syn: {hatch}] 2: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: {hatch}, {crosshatch}, {hachure}]
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