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   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”.
   
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   The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving.
   
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   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.”
   
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   2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
   
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   3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
   
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   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.
   
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   Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.
   
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   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.
   
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   2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
   
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