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HATCH . I . (In See also:Mid . Eng. hacche; the word is of obscure origin, but cognate forms appear in Swed. h¢cka, and See also:Dan. hoc/eke; it has been connected with " hatch," grating, with possible reference to a coop, and with " hack " in the sense " to See also:peck," of chickens coming out of the See also:shell), to bring out See also:young from the See also:egg, by See also:incubation or other See also:process, natural or artificial . The word is also used as a substantive of a brood of chickens brought out from the eggs . " Hatchery " is particularly applied to a See also:place for the hatching of See also:fish spawn, where the natural process is aided by artificial means . In a figurative sense " to hatch " is often used of the development or contrivance of a See also:plot or See also:conspiracy . 2 . (From the Fr. hacker, to cut, hache, See also:hatchet), to engrave or draw by means of cutting lines on See also:wood, See also:metal, &c., or to See also:ornament by See also:inlaying with strips of some other substance as See also:gold or See also:silver . Engraved lines, especially those used in shading, are called " hatches " or " hachures " (see See also:HACHURE) . 3 . (O.E. hcec, a See also:gate, See also:rack in a See also:stable; found in various See also:Teutonic See also:languages; cf .
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