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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hutched}; p. pr & vb n. {Hutching}.] 1. To hoard or lay up in a chest. [R.] ``She hutched the . . . ore.'' --Milton. 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hutted}; p. pr & vb n. {Hutting}.] To place in huts; to live in huts; as to hut troops in winter quarters. The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. --W. Irving. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hutch \Hutch\, n. [OE. hucche huche, hoche, F. huche, LL hutica.] 1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch. 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. 3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt. 4. (Mining) a A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. b A jig for washing ore. {Bolting hutch}, {Booby hutch}, etc See under {Bolting}, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hutch n 1: a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals 2: small crude dwelling [syn: {hovel}, {hut}, {shack}, {shanty}]
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