GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Hatch , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See Hash.]
    To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
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   Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched.
   Chapman.
   
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   Those hatching strokes of the pencil.
   Dryden.
   
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   To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
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   His weapon hatched in blood.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   Hatching, 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.
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