Hatched

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hatch \Hatch\ (h[a^]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatched}
     (h[a^]cht); 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}.
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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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     2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
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              His weapon hatched in blood.          --Beau. & Fl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hatched \hatched\ adj. [p. p. from {hatch}, v. i.]
     produced from an egg.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hatched
       adj 1: produced from an egg
       2: shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines [syn: {crosshatched}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "hatched":
     bearing, born, calved, cast, concocted, cooked-up, dropped,
     fabricated, fabulous, fancied, fantasied, fantastic, fictional,
     fictitious, figmental, foaled, forged, given birth, giving birth,
     invented, legendary, made-up, manufactured, mythical, nee, newborn,
     put-up, stillborn, trumped-up, whelped