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hatchn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch hec , hecke fence, grated framework, portcullis, flat part of a ship's stern, lattice in a windmill sail (Dutch hek ), Middle Low German heck lattice gate, hedge, lattice in a windmill sail (also as hecke (see note); German regional (Low German) Heck gate), probably < the same Germanic base as hake n.2 (with a suffix causing i-mutation), the original sense being ‘something that is suspended from or attached by a hook’. Derivation from the Germanic base of haw n.1 has been suggested as an alternative, but the theory encounters formal problems. Compare Old Swedish hek grated framework (Swedish häck grated framework (often partitioning a room), rack for fodder or hay, (regional) birdcage), and Danish hæk rack in a stable, uppermost part or aft of a ship, aft compartment in a boat (17th cent.; apparently influenced by its homonym hæk hedge n.), which respectively show borrowings < Middle Low German heck and German regional (Low German) Heck . Compare heck n.1 and also hack n.4Form history and related words. The grammatical gender and inflectional class in Old English are not entirely clear, as the word is chiefly attested in charter bounds (hence often in late copies) and in the dative. There is evidence for all three genders, with inflection as strong masculine, strong neuter, and strong feminine. Weak forms (chiefly feminine), preserved in Anglo-Saxon charter bounds, are usually interpreted as a different word: Old English hæcce , a derivative of the same base meaning ‘fence’. This weak noun shows semantic overlap with hecg hedge n. (An Old English strong feminine accusative singular form hecce , in an 11th-cent. charter from Worcester, apparently in the sense ‘hedge’, probably shows an irregular spelling of hedge n., rather than an earlier attestation of the β. forms of hatch n.1 or a form of the weak noun hæcce .) Perhaps compare Middle Low German hecke , feminine, beside heck , neuter, although Middle Low German hecke is probably influenced by Middle High German hecke , especially in sense ‘hedge’ (compare hedge n.). Specific senses. In Old English attestations with reference to boundary markers (e.g. quots. OE, a1170 at sense 1aα. , OE at sense 3) the precise sense is not beyond doubt, as the physical feature denoted does not survive and the details of the topography are not entirely clear. The element also appears to be attested more widely in place names from an early date, as e.g. Heche , Hampshire (1086; now Hatch Warren), Hache , Somerset (1086, now Hatch Beauchamp), Hache , Wiltshire (1200; a1135 as Hascia ; now Hatch), although the identity of the feature denoted in each case is difficult to establish. With use with reference to features in rivers (see sense 3) compare the early place name æt Ginanhecce , given as the name of a fishery on the river Darent in Kent in a charter of uncertain authenticity dated 983 and attested in a copy of the mid 12th cent. Earlier currency of senses 4, 5a, and 5b is implied by post-classical Latin hachus , hachia , hachium , hecchia deck plank (from 1233–4 in British sources), hay rack (1282 in a British source), trapdoor or grated framework covering an opening on a deck (from end of the 13th cent. in British sources); compare also Anglo-Norman hache , hacche , hecche deck plank (c1340 or earlier; < English). With sense 5a compare earlier hatching n.1 1. With sense 6 compare hatching n.1 2. 1. the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening which may be passed through > gate or gateway > small or lesser the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > other types of gate society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > lower half of door α. OE Bounds (Sawyer 563) in S. E. Kelly (2012) 459 Of þam burnan on þone hæc, of þam hæcce on eobban slæd. a1170 ( Bounds (Sawyer 934) in M. Gelling (1976) III. 767 Ærest of þam hæcce to dudemeres hele.., of ðære dun lege swa eft innon ðænre hæcc. c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) 1058 Þu come sone to þan hacche. c1300 St. Margarete (Harl.) l. 222 in O. Cockayne (1866) 30 (MED) Þis vetles hi breke anon & wende wel to catche & fonde tresour feble inouȝ atte furste hatche. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xvii. l. 335 Þauh ich my by-lyue sholde begge a-boute at menne hacches. a1475 Friar & Boy (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell (1855) 60 Som..lepe over the hache; They had no tyme to seche the lache. 1521 (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) For hangyng of an acche at Syster Sawyers jd. 1570 P. Levens sig. Eiv/1 An Heck, hatch, portella. 1607 E. Sharpham sig. G1v Set some pickes vppon your hatch, and I pray professe to keepe a Baudy-house. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 171 In at the window, or else ore the hatch . View more context for this quotation 1688 R. Holme iii. 336/1 An Hatch..is a diminutive Field Gate..only to let a single Beast in and out of the Field..also for Milk Maids to go in and out safely without Climing or going over Stiles. a1704 T. Brown Acct. Conversat. Liberty of Conscience in Duke of Buckingham (1705) II. i. 126 Affairs were come to that pass, that he durst hardly show his Nose over his hatch. 1778 J. Bampfylde xvi. 16 Silent the swallow sits beneath the thatch, And vacant hind hangs pensive o'er his hatch. a1794 M. Palmer (1837) 12 Whan a come home to dinner, the dog run out to the hatch, tweedling es tail to meet en. 1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer 53 Hatch, the half-door of cot-houses; also a sliding pannel to answer the same purpose. 1897 95 The small hatch which opens upon the road. 1915 in C. Ward (2013) vii. 27 She proceeded to open each door or hatch in the yard. 1975 C. N. L. Brooke & G. Keir vii. 160 This leaves only..the hatch or wicket, which gave its name to Hatch Street. 2011 (Nexis) 11 July The 23-mile perimeter of the royal hunting park of Ashdown Forest, punctuated by ‘hatches’ or ‘gates’ which are still indicated in some of the local place names. 1351–4 (P.R.O.: E101/471/6) m. 11 Eidem pro iiijor henges pro le hach butillarie Regis. 1595 A. Copley iii. 97 A seruing-man being to serue it [sc. Turkie-pie] in again, made some stay of it by the way, resting it vpon the buttry-hatch. 1628 J. Earle xvii. sig. D7 Hee [sc. the old Colledge Butler] domineers ouer Fresh-men when they first come to the Hatch. 1714 J. Gay v. 55 If by the dairy's hatch I chance to hie, I shall her goodly countenance espie. 1816 Nov. 405/2 At the South end still remains the hatch through which the provisions passed from another hatch in the wall of the kitchen. 1840 R. Brown 27 The dishes for the entertainment..were placed on a broad shelf on the top of the hatch, and from thence quickly conveyed to the table. 1892 30 July 12 (advt.) The billiard-room..has a service-hatch from the kitchen. 1924 Nov. 593 The nuns' meal..was passed through the hatch between the kitchen and the refectory. 1973 5 Oct. 6 The girls were lining up in front of the wall on their way to the food hatch. 2012 J. Fagan (2013) iv. 55 The cook opens a hatch downstairs and the radio clicks on in the kitchen. 1826 23 July 240/3 On looking through the hatch in the door..[the watch-house keeper] found that he was suspended by the neck to the rail-work of the window. 1871 Feb. 334 ‘I want to say a few words to you.’ Rembrandt opened a small hatch in the gate. ‘Well, what is it you wanted to say?’ he demanded. 1935 9 Dec. 1 He thrust open a small hatch in the door [of the cell] and began to fire at the woman. 1982 13 Feb. 18 A gang member then pushed a shotgun through the hatch of the wages office. 2012 R. Tyrrell 143 The small hatch in the door..was not much bigger than a man's face, but one could see who was outside, and it was safer than opening the whole door to a stranger. 1884 R. Holland (1886) Hatch, salt-making term. The door of a furnace. 2006 D. Judson i. 2 He could see through the small glass window in the hatch of the furnace the fire that raged inside. society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [noun] > at front OE Payment to William I, Worcester in A. J. Robertson (1956) 242 Of þam iii hornan [is gegolden] iii marc & of þam candelstæfe x pund & of þære hæcce xxxiii marca. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1070 Hi..brohton dune þet hæcce þe þær wæs behid, hit wæs eall of gold & of seolfre. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 1070 Eall þet þider com þet wæs þone hæcce & sume scrine & sume roden & fela of þa oðre gærsume. the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice OE Bounds (Sawyer 1314) in D. Hooke (1990) 264 Þæt on þone haran wiþig west þæt hit cymð to þan hæcce be suðan cranmere. c1155 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1555) in S. E. Kelly (2007) 147 On Landcawet synd iii hida & ii hæcweras on Wæge & ix cytweras. 1531–2 Act 23 Henry VIII c. 8 §1 in (1963) III. 376 All the sande stones gravell and robell digged about..the said Tynne there to be holly and suerlie kepte by the said hatches and ties oute and frome the said fresshe rivers or watercourses. 1562 (new ed.) sig. Diii Any of them shall turne..their lake waters into their hatches that they haue wrought, and theron conuey their grauel, robell, and sandes from the great ryuer. 1669 J. Worlidge Dictionarium Rusticum in 271 Hatches, Flood-gates placed in the Water to obstruct its Current. 1681 T. Delaune 199 They took care to clear..the River Westward of about 79 Stops or Hatches, consisting of divers great Stakes and Piles, erected by Fishermen for their private lucre. 1728 E. Chambers Hatches, are also Flood-Gates, set in a River, &c. to stop the Current of the Water. The Word is particularly used for certain Dams, or Mounds..to prevent the Water that issues from the Stream-Works, and Tin-Washers in Cornwal, from running into the fresh Rivers. 1758 R. Griffiths 60 The Navigation..was impeded by Hatches, Stopps and Wears. 1804 T. H. Williams (new ed.) 29 The latter bridge has two arches..: a salmon hatch and a wier [sic] are below it. 1840 P. Hawker (1893) II. 187 The water suddenly abated, and we then opened the doors, and let it pour from the rooms as from a mill hatch. 1879 R. Jefferies 107 The farmers lower down the brook pull up the hatches to let the flood pass. 1908 17 Oct. 479/2 A pool of about three acres made to give a head of water to a narrow sluice-gate and the hatch which led to the massive timber wheel. 1954 6 286 In floating the watermeadow, a large weir or hatch was constructed to dam the river and control the flow of water. 1964 C. 63 220 (caption) Hatch for taking salmon..Details of killing hatch. 2007 (Nexis) 26 May (Weekend section) 10 A huge main sluice..keeps the water at a height that can be floated along Martin's meadows, which he regulates with a series of hatches or stops. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fodder rack lOE (Corpus Cambr.) xvii. 455 Man sceal habban..yrsebinne, fodderhec, fyrgebeorh, meluhudern. 1295 (P.R.O.: DL 41/388) m. 1 In veteri granario..Item haches .iij. c1475 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Taylor) in J. Robson (1842) 17 Hay hely thay hade in haches vn-hiȝte [a1500 Douce in haches one highte]. 1840 Gloucs. Hill-farm Rep. 15 in (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. When the field is all hatched or rollered, people with forks make up the hatches into cocks, of such a size as the dryness of the hay will admit of. 1890 J. D. Robertson Hatch, the first rows into which the grass is raked, after being tedded; three or four hatches are then raked into a ‘double hatch’. 1902 E. H. Goddard in III. 81/1 Grass is first mown; then it is ‘tedded’,..then it is raked up into lines, ‘hatches’, or ‘wallows’, which may be either single hatches or double hatches. 1979 N. Rogers 80/1 Hatch, a line of hay waiting to be ‘pooked’ (made into piles). 5. Nautical. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > movable deck a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 2770 [They] busked hem boþe sone a-boue þe hacches. c1440 (?a1400) l. 3606 (MED) Hatches with haythen men hillyd ware thare vndyre. c1536 sig. A.iiv With theyr takyls they launched many a longe bote And ouer hache threw them in to the streame. 1548 f. xv The Scottes foughte sore on the hatches. 1552 R. Huloet Hatche of a shyppe where they walke, pergula. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. iii. 4/2 They haue..cabbins aboue the hatches. 1611 R. Cotgrave Tillac, the Orelop, or Arloup, or, more generally, the hatches of a ship. 1617 J. Minsheu The Hatches of a shippe, so called because they fall to like an hatch of a doore. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in 367 Seas impell'd by Winds..Assault the Sides, and o'er the Hatches tow'r. 1832 in CCCXII. 125 A Hatch Boat is covered over with Hatches; but a Custom-house Boat has Half a Deck on each Side. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 370 Hatch boat, a sort of small vessel known as a pilot boat, having a deck composed almost entirely of hatches. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > cover of c1440 (?a1400) l. 3682 (MED) Brystis the hetches. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil v. xiv. 19 Endlang the hechis lyand heir and thairis. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda xliv. f. 100v The Moores that were within the same, after that they perceyued the Shippe to burne, did breake open the hatches: by meanes whereof they were set at libertie. 1625 S. Purchas II. ix. 1579 We..tooke one of our Hatches and opened it, and went downe betwixt the Deckes to see if we could find any there. 1694 R. Orpen 39 The Seamen broke open the Hatches, and made havock of the Indigo, and of the best of the Goods. 1762 W. Falconer ii. 35 Then burst the hatches off. 1825 J. Neal II. 298 When..we came to heave the hatches, we found him. 1869 C. Gibbon vii. 100 The object crawled along the deck to the hatchway of the hold, raising the hatch cautiously, and disappeared. 1929 R. Hughes ix. 212 The slaver of which he was then second mate was bowling along, the hatches down on her stinking cargo. 1984 Feb. 27/2 The woodwork—cabin furniture, hatches, cleats, gratings—that turns a bare hull into a boat. 2014 3 Apr. 30/3 The sailors..padlocked the hatches, and scrambled our position information. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck 1658 J. Herne 21 The said Ship shall be able to receive into her upper hatches at Lushborne aforesaid over and besides her victuall, tackle and aparell the said quantity of 140. Tunnes. 1688 J. Clayton Let. 12 May in (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 784 We hoised out a Boat, and took one of the Scuttles that cover'd one of the Hatches of the Ship. 1707 15 Sept. 2/2 The commander perceiving his Ship to fall down on one side, so that his Hatches came in or near the water..immediately cut away the Main and Fore Mast. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) §99 He was going to see the covers of the Hatches of forty of the fish ships..nailed down. 1873 c. 88 Sched. 1 Hatches with open gratings, instead of the close hatches which are usual in merchant vessels. 1901 ‘A. M. Winfield’ xxv. 206 Running to the hatch he sounded the well hole. There were sixteen inches of water below. 1992 Apr. 14/3 The battery cells have a five-year life and all 480..have to be individually craned through the hatches for replacement. 2005 A. Burdick (2006) xx. 268 A sudden upgust caught the plankton net just as Murphy was hauling it out of the hatch. the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking salutations [interjection] 1918 E. R. Burroughs Out of Time's Abyss in Dec. 179/2 ‘Will you close your hatch!’ demanded Bradley. ‘You fools will have yourselves scared to death in a minute. Now go to sleep.’ 1924 J. Colton & C. Randolph (new ed.) i. 56 Down the hatch! 1942 T. Rattigan i. 110 That went down the old hatch pretty quick, didn't it? 1972 Mar. 130/1 Unlike the professionals, who take a small sip..and then spit it out..we, as amateurs, adopted the ‘down the hatch’ technique. 1998 B. Kingsolver (1999) ii. 176 Once I saw her hide it behind her side teeth when she opened wide to show Mother it was down the hatch. 2015 (Nexis) 7 Aug. 47 Beer doesn't have many vitamins in it, that's why you have to drink a lot! Cheers! Bottoms Up! Down the hatch! society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > an excavation or cutting 1671 (Royal Soc.) 6 2099 We sink..an Essay hatch (an orifice made for the search of a vein). 1753 Suppl. Hatches..used in Cornwal, to express any of the openings of the earth, either into mines, or in search of them. 1872 R. N. North Introd. 7 More hatches were sunk higher up the hill. 2009 S. Rippon et al. ii. 30 Once identified by digging prospecting pits or hatches, the working of the alluvial deposits involved removing the covering layers of peat and fine-grained sediments. 1819 W. Scott I. vii*. 108 A rude wooden stool, and still ruder hatch or bed-frame. 8. 1844 H. Stephens I. 141 A hatchway..in the floor, over the corn-barn below, is useful... Its hatch should be furnished with strong cross-tailed hinges, and a hasp and staple. 1883 20 July 31/1 This stair must have been entered from a hatch in the passage floor. There is also a smaller hatch in the floor of the private room to the room below. 1918 173 268/2 Plaintiff was engaged In hoisting wood from the first floor of the barn to the second story through a hatch or opening in the second floor 6 feet by 4. 1976 J. L. Collier & C. Collier vii. 114 We went into the mill and I opened the hatch and started down into the cellar. 2009 (Nexis) 1 Apr. 40 We have about a 3-foot-square hatch through the floor of one of the mezzanines. 1863 10 June Three overly curious gentlemen..crept down through the hatch in the roof.., to witness the proceedings of the [Union] League, through some cracks in the ceiling. 1887 2 July 2 The whole building went bodily over on its roof,..the terrified occupants came clambering out through the cellar door, which was where the roof hatch ought to be. 1931 33 70 [They] capered on the roof and tried to lasso every..occupant who dared thrust his head through the hatch. 1969 30 Jan. a18 Emery opened the hatch into the attic and turned all the heaters up in an attempt to melt some of the snow on the roof. 2015 14 Feb. g3/2 You have to remove the hatch to access the attic. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > opening society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > parts of spacecraft > [noun] > window or door 1916 Dec. 803/2 All the men can climb into the tower, close the hatch behind them..unscrew the bolts and rise to the surface. 1943 E. V. Rickenbacker i. 13 I helped Sergeant Alex pry open the bottom hatch in the tail and between us we dumped all that high-priority mail into the blue Pacific. 1948 E. Partridge et al. 92 Hatch, a bomb-hatch—the bomb-aimer's compartment, at the front of the kite, especially in ‘Lanks’ and ‘Wimpeys’. 1962 D. Slayton in J. Glenn et al. 26 We asked them to adapt the entry hatch and convert it into an exit, too. 1979 June 186/2 One can enter an M60A1 from the driver's hatch. 2006 P. Krebs xi. 123 A stairway was quickly placed at the gangway of the aircraft as the hatch was opened. 10. Originally North American. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > with upward-opening rear door 1975 21 Nov. d20/6 (advt.) Vega—'72 hatch,..for quick sale at $995. 1991 Apr. 14/3 We were able to drive..a manual three-door hatch 1.4 LS. 2012 L. Child vi. 24 The parked import was..a five-door hatch, but the rear profile was sleek, so it looked pretty much like a regular four-door sedan. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > rear part > lifting rear panel 1978 Nov. 75/3 (caption) Rear hatch lifts on preloaded gas cylinder, gives good access to cargo area. 1990 (Nexis) 14 Sept. The five-door is equipped with..remote fuel-filler and hatch releases. 2012 C. Stroud 283 I..popped the rear hatch on his Hummer. Phrases P1. under (the) hatches (also †hatch). society > authority > subjection > [adverb] > in subjection the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb] > in a humiliated condition c1400 (?c1380) l. 179 A lodes-mon lyȝtly lep vnder hachches. 1497 in M. Oppenheim (1896) 177 For x dossen Candell..bought & spent vnder the haches in tyme of Reparacion of the sayd Ship. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda xxv. 64 a Commaunded him to prison vnder the hatches. 1630 J. Winthrop 17 Apr. (1996) 13 The women..kept vnder hatches. 1776 E. Thompson i. 17 Now these same Infidels are safe under Hatches, I may venture to cruise a little more. 1840 Jan. 40 The casks and barrels that could not be put under hatches were lashed to the staunchions. 1930 13 June 11/3 The Trojan Star has under hatches over 9,839,430 ib. of fruit. 1968 M. Roberts i. 14 With his six hostages safe under hatches he sailed away to Copenhagen. 1540 L. Ridley Pref. ✚4 Holye Scripture. which the man of Rome kepte vnder the hatche & wolde nat suffer to com to lyght to delyuer the seruauntes of God from ignoraunce. c1555 sig. Bvii Ye haue..brought yourself..so far vnder the hatches..yt ye cannot find the way to rise agein. 1621 R. Burton i. ii. iv. vi. 206 If he be poore..he is vnder hatches, dejected, rejected and forsaken. 1649 J. Milton xxvii. 220 In this servile condition to have kept us still under hatches. 1679 R. Foulkes 7 Conscience has been kept under hatches. 1710 in T. Hearne 7 Mar. (1886) II. 356 The Whigs must..think the Church under Hatches. 1818 J. Keats Lett. in (1889) III. 143 It is impossible to live in a country which is continually under hatches. 1835 J. B. Buckstone (ed. 4) i. iii. 13 Cheer up, you may not always be under hatches. 1951 G. Heyer iv. 60 What should I find but that brother of mine that was always used to have been as prim and as tonnish..regularly under the hatches! 1986 I. Wedde (1988) 89 What was all that, damn near bit his tongue off, lay you odds on he's keeping something under hatches. 2009 (Nexis) 12 Apr. vii. 26 She admitted that Carrington was manipulative..something she had kept ‘under hatches’ in her own mind all her life. the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] 1546 J. Heywood i. xi. sig. Diiv I would ye had kyst, well I will no more sturre, It is good to haue a hatche before the durre. c1555 R. Smith in J. Foxe (1563) 1262/1 Seing God hath geuen a tonge, And put it vnder power: The surest way is for to set A hatch before the doore. 1579 S. Gosson f. 36v I wishe that euery rebuker shoulde place a hatch before the doore. 1582 A. Fleming tr. A. Autpertus v. 253 Now iudge if thou hadst not need set a hatch before thy tongue, that thou offend not in the same. 1588 R. Greene sig. D Tush (quoth his wife) profit is a good hatch before the doore. 1616 J. Davies sig. C7v Its good to keepe a Hatch before the Dore. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 8/2 in It is good to have a hatch before the door. Compounds 1748 Let. in (1751) App. 102 Pray fish your Top Masts with Hatch-Bars, or any Thing for the present that you may carry Sail. 1828 N. Webster at Hatch The grate or frame of cross-bars laid over the opening in a ship's deck, now called hatch-bars. 1969 W. Mitford ix. 47 The watchmen kicked the wedges out to free the hatch bars. 2007 (Nexis) 26 Feb. 26 The deck crew and mates worked like demons to get extra hatch covers and metal hatch bars fitted before the storm hit us. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in deck > cover of 1811 6 July (advt.) Ship plank and beams..To be sold by auction... Pumps, hatch covers, and a quantity of firewood. 1873 6 Feb. 1/10 The owners of the self-adjusting hatch cover are introducing it in some of the largest warehouses in the city. 1978 Mar. 154/3 I built a hatch cover for the ladder opening, hinged to allow access, and fully insulated on the attic side. 1993 T. Clancy (1994) iii. 65 When the airspeed fell to the right number, explosive bolts blew a hatch cover off the top, deploying a parachute. 2014 (Nexis) Dec. 178 Three of the cargo holds flooded uncontrollably when their hatch covers could not be closed. 1805 in J. S. Clarke I. 392 The Carpenters began to work on the Cutter, in fixing a slight hatch Deck upon her: and the people on the Bank were employed in making Store Tents. 1906 Feb. 86/1 The spectators on the beach observed a lithe and active figure descend the ladder leading from the after to the hatch-deck. 1974 K. Laumer iv. 86 Dalton descended to the hatch deck, suited up, entered the lock. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > other types of gate 1689 L. Braddon 28/2 Two Men..knocked at the Hatch-door belonging to the said Lodgings, and by permission of the said Warder, entred the said Lodgings. 1721 IV. 80 Discoursing with him at the Hatch-door, that leads to the Dungeon, or condemn'd Hold, in the Lodge. 1746 ‘F. de Biron’ tr. I. 251 She lifted up a sort of Hatch-Door, Mirella went first down a Ladder about ten Feet long with the Lanthorn. 1841 1 May 350/2 I asked a grocer who was leaning over his hatch-door, if he knew who lived in the next house? 1888 Apr. 21/3 The new improved automatic hatch doors, which open and close as the elevator platform passes the several floors. 1897 30 Mar. 1/4 Motes..saved himself by catching onto a hatch door which floated off when the sloop went down. 1976 July 34/2 The hatch door at the rear [of a four-wheel drive vehicle] opens wide for easy loading of large items. 1980 29 July c15/5 Before verifying that the tank is abandoned, they open the hatch door and drop in a deadly grenade. 2001 B. Stevens vi. 35 Lucy climbed through the hatch door into her attic and brought down a wooden box full of memorabilia. 2016 (Nexis) 28 July Police urge residents to keep car doors and windows locked at all times and to lock hatch doors, trunks and sunroofs. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 960) in J. M. Kemble (1846) IV. 27 Of ðære riscean on sagelmære on ðæt hæccgeat; of ðam hæccgetæ to twybyce. a1170 ( Bounds (Sawyer 591) in M. Gelling (1976) III. 668 Of þam gete on holan broces heafod, þonne on þæt hæcget. 1791 26 A Hatch Gate..is drawn much in Short-water Time; to water the Meadows. 1826 M. R. Mitford II. 100 We reached the hatch gate, with the white cottage beside it. 1905 10 23 It [sc. a place] is probably the way across which there was a hatch gate, in this case at the parish boundary. 2005 (Nexis) 3 Nov. Without an Environment Agency contingency plan which included opening hatch gates that restrict river flow the river would have risen even more. 1894 H. Caine v. iii The sea..washed the faces of the men as they sat in oilskins on the hatch-head. 1908 C. Marriott xvi. 320 When the hatch-heads were knocked off I looked down at the cargo. 2009 R. Freudenberger viii. 124/2 Choose a vessel..that will allow you to fabricate or install a purchased hatch head. 1821 Nov. 427/1 A crash, as of something bulky falling, and rolling down the hatch-ladder. 1920 Oct. 162 The temporary hatch stairway is superior to the old method of the hatch ladder. 2004 (Nexis) 24 Jan. 19 He ran and then climbed up boiling, flaming pipes as hatch ladders gave way. 1860 25 Sept. 4/2 Each man..clung to the rigging... Taking a hatch lid.., they began their perilous voyage. 1876 F. K. Robinson Carlin,..the portable beam beneath a hatchway in the floor, for giving cross-support to the hatch-lid. 1941 2 Aug. 4/1 The hatch-lids of some of the German tanks were locked on the outside. 1978 19 Oct. 19/4 (advt.) Chevette 4-Door Hatchback Sedan... Provides two layers of steel in doors, hood and hatch lid. 2005 R. John 132 The skipper zipped up his..jacket..before opening the hatch lid and going back on deck. 2015 (Nexis) 7 Feb. (Wheels section) 24 Maybe you can spot the TDI badge on the hatch lid in the photos here of the..car. 1785 V. 31 The bailiff demanded 1l. 17s. for his room, hatch-man, maid, &c. 1787 VII. 202 The gaoler..is also obliged to keep a hatch-man, turnkey, together with two servant women. 1894 Feb. 91 The appellants contracted with a stevedore to unload their ship, and the contract provided that the owners should provide for each hatch one winch-driver and one hatch-man. 1915 C. B. Barnes App. A 183 On deck, three or four men are worked,—a hatch man, a winch man, the man at the engine on the pier, and sometimes an assistant hatchman to ‘strike over’. 2015 (Nexis) 29 Apr. 5 A company hatchman, assisting with cargo unloading, was injured when he fell while working on a container vessel. 1294–6 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl (1951) I. 145 (MED) In iij Miliar' de hacchenayl emptis. c1330 in J. T. Fowler (1899) II. 518 (MED) In 16 carteclutis, 2 lynpinnes, 2 Haxnailles, 2 Hurtours. 1433 in (1879) 24 44 (MED) Lathenayle, bordenayle, et hacchenayle. 1492 St Ewens Church Bk. in (1973) 59 438 Hachnaills. 1820 20 The whole [hatchway] was secured by hatch nails. 1941 H. I. Chapelle iv. 245 Boat and hatch nails are now obtainable in various noncorroding alloys. 1785 J. Crane Let. 9 Feb. in June 429/1 Windsails, or ventilators..placed at the fore, main, and mizen hatchnoup, the three great communications between the ship's hold and the upper deck. 1704 Acct. 16 Sept. in T. Bowrey (1927) ii. i. 178 4 hatch Rings and starts. 1850 J. Greenwood Explan. Terms 142 Hatch-rings are those which are fixed to the hatches or scuttles. 2009 C. Burgess & R. Hall 252 He would also..take photographs with a camera he had mounted on a hatch ring on the end of the airlock. ?a1500 Hunting of Hare in H. Weber (1810) III. 290 (MED) Thei myghtt not passe the dure threscwold, Nor lope ouer the hache-styd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). hatchn.2 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French hache. Etymology: < Middle French hache axe (see hache n.). Compare earlier hache n., and also hatchet n. Now rare. society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > axe > [noun] > small a1533 Ld. Berners tr. (?1560) c. sig. D.iiv/2 Arthur..holdyng a grete hatche in both his handes & laid on rounde about hym..that he made hedes, armes, and handes to flye. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon (new ed.) viii. in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca f. 145 Amazons, who to the warres did paynted Quiuers bring, And bare theyr hatches in their handes. 1640 H. Hexham x. 81 Matterials of Amunition, as spades, showelles, Hatches, Billes, Axees, Pickaxses, [etc.]. 1716 B. Church i. 9 To run upon them with their Hatches. 1757 E. M. da Costa 285 Hatches, knives, and other instruments with sharpened edges. 1810 24 197 To demand three whale teeth and twelve hatches for their ransom. 1844 (Anti-Persecution Union) 69 The Devil, as he hath not the truth on his side, he hath recourse to axes and hatches. 1952 2 304 The many elaborately ornamented hatches and axes of precious materials..cannot possibly have been manufactured for practical use. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hatchn.3 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hatch v.1 1600 W. Shakespeare (2nd issue) iii. i. 81 Such thinges become the hatch and broode of time. 1604 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 169 There's something in his soule Ore which his melancholy sits on brood, And I doe doubt, the hatch and the disclose Will be some danger. View more context for this quotation 1624 Bp. F. White 297 The canonizing of Saints by Popes is of a latter hatch. 1884 J. Grosart 42 I've often thought their stories hatches, Which makes me say, keep oot their clutches. 1961 H. Carruth 26 Nowhereness broods there? Contemplates this hatch? the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young > of animals that lay eggs the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > egg > hatching from egg 1622 R. Sheldon 35 (margin) A comparison of an egge readie for the hatch of a chicken, where nothing is to be seen but whitenes, &c of Christ in the host. 1671 (Royal Soc.) 5 2100 All mine being of a late Hatch, and none of them yet turned into Nympha's. 1786 J. Burgoyne i. i. 12 To enquire after the Angola kittens, and the last hatch of Java sparrows. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick I. 201 These birds make a second hatch. 1859 C. Darwin viii. 253 Two hybrids from the same parents but from different hatches. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville (1876) ii. 15 If she addles all these as she addled the last hatch, I'll forswear keeping fowls. 1894 9 June 832/1 There was a good hatch of Mayfly, and the fish were taking them fairly well. 1955 8 Nov. 8/5 Because of a very late storm with snow and frost on May 17 almost the whole of the first hatch were wiped out. 1990 Spring 41/2 The fly life on the lakes is varied and prolific with good hatches of Pond and Lake olives..and occasional hatches of mayfly. 2014 (Nexis) 5 July 2 c Waters from Sarasota to Bayport have been infested with a new hatch of sardines. These tiny baits are just about everywhere. Phrases 1863 Feb. 115/2 Before the fishing season again came round the following announcement appeared in the first column of the ‘Times’ newspaper, that column devoted to Hatches, Matches, and Despatches. 1878 J. Payn I. xix. 217 First came the Births, Deaths, and Marriages... The female mind..takes an interest in the ‘Hatch, Match, and Despatch’ of its fellow-creatures. 1908 29 Aug. 570/1 Is not the event proclaimed..in the ‘Hatches, Matches, and Dispatches’ columns of the public press? 1953 M. Steen viii. 215 Dismissing reviews..Lin turned to what Mummy called Hatches, Matches and Despatches. 2011 G. Cassidy xv. 92 The story brewing in his head would be a colossal step up from hatches, matches, and despatches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hatchn.4Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hatch v.2 Etymology: < hatch v.2 Compare earlier hatchment n.2, and also hatching n.3 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > representation of colour > hatching a1650 E. Norgate (Tanner 326) (1919) 28 The best way..is to begin rough, with free and bold hatches, strokes, and dashes. 1662 J. Evelyn v. 118 The conducting of Hatches and stroaks, whether with pen, point, or Graver. 1718 A. Nisbet Index Sable, Black, is known in Talidouce by perpendicular and horizontal Hatches. 1747 J. Creed in (Royal Soc.) 44 449 Sounds of minute Duration will be expressed by the Pencils by small Hatches geometrically proportion'd to those Durations. 1811 J. Parkins 524 Working in hatches with a middling full pencil. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte iv. 180 He uses but few hatches in his shadows. 1955 A. Stokes ii. 71 The technique of this drawing varies from stipple to hatches. 1979 20 293/1 The incised Maglemosian amber bear..can now be seen to be an example of motif accumulation, involving ladders, zigzags, bands, and hatches. 2008 M. Gaudio ii. 64 Two parallel contours bridged by a series of many shorter, curved hatches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † hatchn.5 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.. Etymon: hatch n.4 Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an extended use of hatch n.4 Compare hack n.1 3c. Curling. Obsolete. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > area of ice > indentation for foot 1811 J. Ramsay 6 A longitudinal hollow is made to support the foot, close by the tee..This is called a hack or hatch. 1830 R. Broun Gloss. Terms 107 Hack, or hatch, a longitudinal hollow cut in the ice a short distance from the tee, to prevent the foot from slipping as the stone is delivered. 1874 15 When a hack or hatch in the ice is used, it must be behind the circle above described, and not of greater length than fourteen inches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019). hatchv.1Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Probably the reflex of an unattested Old English verb *hæccan, cognate with Middle High German hecken (German hecken) to produce (a young bird, insect, etc.) from an egg by incubation, (of small mammals) to give birth to (young), (in extended use) to develop (a plan, plot, etc.; now usually prefixed aushecken), related to Middle High German hagen bull used for breeding, and to the first element of Middle Low German hāgedrōs, hēgedrōs groin, swelling on the groin, Old High German hegathruos, hegathruosa testicles, genitals (Middle High German hegedruose); further etymology unknown.Some past tense and past participle forms (e.g. hayhte, haughte, ihaught, iheyȝt) show development of a palatal or velar glide. I. To produce or emerge from an egg. the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > incubate c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) 105 Þu..leidest þar on þi fole ey; Þo hit bi com þat he haȝte, & of his eyre briddes wraȝte. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in (1906) 25* (MED) Henne hathe hachut. (Harl. 221) 49 Bredyn or hetchyn, as byrdys, pullifico. c1475 (c1399) (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iii. l. 44 (MED) Þe dame [sc. partridge]..hopith for to hacche or heruest begynne. 1574 J. Baret H 224 That hath lately hatched or brought forthe..effœtus. 1598 J. Florio To hatch, to lie close as a hen ouer hir chickens, to squat, to couie. 1612 tr. W. J. Blaeu ii. xv. 97 There are a great number of Geese..they sitte and hatch upon one egge, which lyeth under them, and so breede their young ones. 1689 W. Jameson ii. 111 The hen also, when she hatcheth, or hath brought forth, can perceive if any be wanting of her Eggs or Birds. 1720 in T. D'Urfey VI. 316 My Hen has hatch'd to Day. 1787 C. Taylor II. 50 The anis are birds of manners so social, that they not only fly in flocks, but several females sit and hatch on the same nest. 1821 18 Aug. 4/2 Upon these eggs he [sc. a black cock turkey] continued to hatch with the same good faith. 1879 19 Apr. 3/3 Robins and hedge-sparrows are now setting or hatching-out. 1913 P. Colum viii. 60 Finn often watched where the hen was hatching. He would wait until she got off her nest and look at the eggs. 1937 K. A. Porter 19 Hens worried him, cackling, clucking, hatching out when you least expected it and leading their broods into the barnyard. 1997 (Nexis) 1 Nov. 68 A female bird..had been hatching on her nest. 2. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lix. 5 Who shal eten of the eiren of hem, shal dien, and that is hacchid [L. confotum est], shal breken out in to a cokatrice. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxxxiii. 1347 Gos eiren..beþ hardere to hacche..þan beþ henne eyren. 1541 ‘J. Sawtry’ sig. Avii These their cokatrices egges so lately layed & latelyer hatched in their spyders webbes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay i. viii. 7 b Furnaces, made in maner like unto..stoves of Germanie in the whiche with a small heate they do..hatch their egges. 1611 Isa. lix. 5 They hatch cockatrice egges. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer 424 Turtles, or Tortoises..came ashoar to lay their Eggs, which these Sands hatch. 1711 J. Addison No. 120. ¶5 Others hatch their Eggs and tend the Birth, till it is able to shift for its self. 1753 Suppl. at Ichneumon Some of these Ichneumons make the bodies of other smaller flies the places of hatching their eggs. 1830 W. Greaves in J. Baxter 313 These eggs are hatched by the heat of the sun. 1884 L. F. Allen 493 She..is an inveterate sitter, and carefully hatches most of her eggs. 1935 G. McIver 26 The brush turkey..has deputed to mother earth the responsibilities of hatching its eggs and rearing its young. 1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz v. 41 I had once let a muscovy duck hatch a clutch of mallard eggs. 2009 7 Aug. 11/8 Zookeepers have helped hatch the eggs of one of the world's rarest species of turtle. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. ii. 604 Whanne hire ȝonge briddes beþ newliche iheight [1495 haughte]. (Harl. 221) 232 Hetchyd, as byrdys, pullificatus, fetatus. 1545 G. Joye Ep. Ded. f. 2 These..wil sitte their egges and hatcheforth their chikens. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Pref. sig. Aij I wold be loth to lay an egge, wherof other men might hatche a serpent. 1578 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach (rev. ed.) iv. f. 160 You must not take the Chickins away as thei be hatcht. 1632 (ed. 2) iii. xvii. 213 Spiders..are no sooner hatched and excluded out of their Eggs, but forthwith they practise to make webbs. 1653 I. Walton x. 189 Barnacles and young Goslings bred by the Suns heat and the rotten planks of an old Ship, and hatched of trees. View more context for this quotation 1727 R. Bradley (Dublin ed.) at Blight The common People..are well satisfy'd that Blights are brought by the East Wind, which brings or hatches the Caterpillar. 1774 O. Goldsmith V. 241 In this fortress the male and female hatch and bring up their brood with security. 1835–6 I. 270/1 The young are hatched in a condition which renders the cooperation of both parents for their support unnecessary. 1890 8 Feb. One of them having failed to hatch out a brood. 1932 July 231/1 The pintailed whydahs..are, like cuckoos, dependent upon other birds to hatch and bring up their young. 1995 Mar. 40 (heading) Hatching out a clutch of spring cheepers. 2005 15 July 6/2 Eventually she hatched a full clutch of ducklings. 3. 1547 W. Baldwin i. xxi. f.viii Socrates dremed yt a swanne let fall an egge, whyche hatched in his lappe. 1581 L. Mascall v. sig. B7 Those egges which ye doubt are not good, and will not hatche in due time thorow the hardnes of the shell, yee shall bathe them in a vessell of wood. 1683 M. Lister 96 Whether this kind of Insect..lay those perfectly round and clear Eggs..and the circumstances of those Eggs hatching? 1728 E. Chambers at Hatching After this they put in the Eggs to hatch. 1857 E. Hewitt Let. 18 Dec. in C. Darwin (1990) VI. 510 Every egg (of eleven) hatched. 1888 R. J. Lloyd Pryce 26 The eggs will hatch out in from twenty-three to twenty-five days. 1901 M. C. Dickerson i. 52 The egg hatches into a minute grub. 1944 R. Matheson xvii. 399 The eggs hatch in about a week and the maggots feed between the leaf-sheath and the stem. 2002 Spring 4/3 Woodcock eggs hatch. The precocial chicks leave the nest within a day of hatching. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iv. f. 150 You must not take the Chickin away as they hatcht [1578 be hatcht], but suffer them to remaine one whole day with the Henne in the nest without meate or drinke, tyll such time as they be all hatched. 1594 W. Shakespeare sig. G1 Why should..hatefull Kuckcowes hatch in Sparrows nests? View more context for this quotation 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib 73 As fast as they hatch they will crawle forth, and stick to the Mulberry-leaves. 1725 R. Bradley at Pigeon They cannot be provided with soft Meat in their Crop when the young hatch. 1832 1 Mar. 413 A piece of writing paper pierced with numerous holes, should be put over the eggs, for the Worms as they hatch, to crawl through. 1876 F. Francis (ed. 4) v. 175 Larvæ, rising from the bottom to hatch out. 1908 June 4/2 The flies hatch out. 1983 Spring 59/2 46 chicks hatched from 52 eggs. 2007 J. L. Gould & C. G. Gould iii. 58 Progressive provisioners..may still be laying eggs or tending larvae when the first of their pupae hatch. II. Figurative and extended uses. 4. the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] > give birth the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > give birth to a1350 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 27 Gedelynges..palefreiours & pages, ant boyes wiþ boste; alle weren [printed were] y-haht of an horse þoste. 1574 J. Higgins Albanacte f. 13v Such monster erst did Nature neuer hatche. 1621 D. Calderwood iii. 40 They hatched him [sc. the Antichrist], and he hath rewarded them with greater authority and power. a1679 W. Gurnall in C. H. Spurgeon (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 130 He who, by his incubation upon the waters of the creation, hatched that rude mass into the beautiful form we now see. 1825 T. Hood Addr. to Sylvanus Urban in 71 Parishioners,—hatched,—husbanded,—and wived. 1866 Jan. 134 The writer of this piece would have remained in the Baptist nest which hatched him, and to which we suspect he still belongs. 1916 L. H. Harris in B. Jonson 196 For the..original source of the curious belief that the sun could hatch monsters from slime, I am indebted to Professor Cook. 1989 A. Stratton in J. McTavish 9 It was about twenty-five years ago that I was hatched by parents not noted for their ingenuity. 2007 (Nexis) 26 June d1 Mary Shelley's signature gothic novel about the creator who played God and hatched a monster. the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > bring forth, produce, or bear 1592 E. Smyth tr. J. de L'Espine iv. f. 75 The earth being moderately warmed by the sweetenesse of the ayre..hatcheth the seedes which it hath receiued long before. 1692 J. Ray (1732) ii. 7 Hatching..or quickening and bringing to Perfection the Seeds. 1760 J. Lee ii. xx. 117 When the Ova are hatched, the Cotyledons preserve the Form of the halved Seed. 1791 W. Bartram 7 Serving as a nursery bed to hatch..the infant plant. 1913 29 Jan. p. vii/1 (advt.) The Testing Instrument..hatches seeds instead of eggs. 2010 (Nexis) 9 Nov. (Features section) 21 (caption) Find your seedling..plant it and hatch a new generation of oak trees. 5. the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use > bring into use or practice 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus II. James v. f. xxxix Other mennes swette hatched vp you. Other mennes hunger and thurste made you fatte. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii., in tr. Virgil 85 The World was hatch'd by Heav'ns Imperial King. 1722 E. Philalethes Ep. Ded. p. xliii The Spirit or Anima Mundi..with its celestial, amatorial, genial Heat, hatcht the Universe. 1729 A. Pope (new ed.) i. 26 Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings out-spread, To hatch a new Saturnian age of Lead. 1849 Let. in (1949) Apr. 116 These Mormons are pretty good at hatching up things. They are making a road.., making bridges, building houses, etc. the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)] 1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz f. 15v You shall scantly fynde one of them which hath either hatched a new heresye, or newe furbushed any stale and condemned opinion. 1633 C. Aleyn (ed. 2) 62 Nor could we tell what dangerous mischiefe lay To be hatch'd up under the wings of night. 1678 N. Wanley v. i. §100. 468/2 The Gunpowder Treason was hatched here in England. 1701 R. Cocks Diary 20 June in D. W. Hayton (1996) 183 Little villanous poor wretches..hatched these evills against the Lords. 1778 F. Burney Let. 23 Aug. in (1994) III. 94 How I wish You would hatch up a Comedy between you! 1835 G. Tew Let. 30 Oct. in E. M. Richardson (1926) xvii. 227 The Agitator of Derryane Abbey hatching mischief. 1873 S. Horner & J. Horner I. xviii. 274 Charged with hatching plots against the State. 1908 J. Kelley vi. 69 A con..will hatch up something and get a fellow convict in trouble. 1955 25 June 6/3 A conspiracy was hatched last November for a military revolt. 2009 15 Oct. e2/1 The 24-year-old man hatched a plot to use homemade backpack bombs. the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be in preparation 1595 A. Fletcher sig. Y2v/1 Sathan doth keepe a continual siege against all vertue, to kill it, if he can, euen when it is a hatching in the hart of man. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow 56 Belike some Desperate Treacherie is hatching, wherewith this Boutifeaux is acquainted. 1646 R. Crashaw 85 Who finds his warme heart, hatcht into a nest Of little Eagles, and young Loves. 1657 J. Trapp (Neh. ii. 2) 46 Treason hatching in his heart. 1741 C. Middleton I. ii. 140 The great dangers and plots, that were now hatching against the State. 1783 Aug. 129/1 A man that writes verse, whilst his thoughts are a hatching, Has intervals frequent of musing and scratching. 1834 4 Oct. 229/2 Hassan, who little dreamt of what was hatching, came home from his shop in unusual gaiety. 1873 F. I. Ouvry xii. 167 Who knows what plot is hatching among his crew? 1902 May 344/1 A widespread conspiracy was hatching amongst the Ionian Greeks. 1973 N. de Lange tr. A. Oz xxvii. 235 Others claimed that a sordid scheme was hatching in his mind. 1994 30 Aug. 22 (heading) A plan hatches at Yale. 2015 (Nexis) 23 Oct. a36 He also pushes him into a plot that's been hatching for some time. 6. a1594 R. Greenham (1612) 184 Out of the earth, which being a formelesse masse.., was by the spirite of God hatching ouer the waters brought a comely order. 1650 H. Vaughan 60 Thick darknes lyes And hatcheth o'r thy people. the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)] society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > lack of social communications or relations [verb (intransitive)] > sulk 1694 E. Wettenhall iv. 154 While he was alive, he sat hatching over all he had, and would not part with a Penny to any good Use. 1757 B. Jenks 126 It concerns me to examine myself, and narrowly search my heart, whether I am not all for sparing and saving, and sit hatching over the world's good as if it were the chief good. 1978 E. O'Brien (1980) 121 She would be told by her father to get out, to stop hatching, to get out from under her mother's apron strings. 1996 T. P. Dolan & D. Ó. Muirithe 26 The horse is haachin'. Derivatives the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > state of being likely to hatch 1914 3 Feb. 3/2 Sour skim milk has been found to be..absolutely safe from the standpoint of ‘hatchability’ and ‘livability’ of the chicks. 1956 21 116 There is evidence that the presence of earthworms in soil increases the hatchability of the cysts of the potato root eelworm. 2015 (Nexis) 19 Aug. 33 As well as improving hatchability, the state-of-the-art technology will enhance the welfare of the chicks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). hatchv.2Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French hacher. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French hacher, hachier (French hacher ) to cut or engrave (lines) with a chisel (1376), in Anglo-Norman also to inlay or overlay (an object) with narrow strips or lines of a material different from the main substance (late 14th cent. or earlier), specific sense development of hacher , hachier to cut into small pieces, to chop up (c1225 in Old French), probably < -hachier (in dehachier to cut (something) off (late 12th cent. in Old French; < de- de- prefix + hache axe, hatchet: see hache n.)). Compare post-classical Latin hachiatus inlaid or overlaid with narrow strips or lines of a material different from the main substance (1342, 1343 in British sources). 1. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > inlay [verb (transitive)] 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas (1830) 160 xij yerdes of clothe of silver hached uppon satyn grounde. 1548 f. lxxvijv The fether was blacke and hached with gold. 1599 T. Nashe 23 I might enamell and hatch ouer this deuice more artificially and masterly. 1621 G. Hakewill 224 The handle or pummell hatcht or inameld. 1679 No. 1395/4 A Hanger, with a Sawe on the back, hatch'd with silver. 1711 II. 1699/2 Near it there's a small Room cover'd with Silver Plate, and hatched with Gold. 1820 W. Scott II. iii. 111 The poignet being of silver exquisitely hatched. 1841 R. Brown 262 Bedsteads... Ginger colour, hatched with gold, was a favourite style. 1900 270/2 The surface of the ceiling..has a prevailing tone of rich ultramarine blue. The blue is hatched over with almost invisible gold lines. 1929 B. Dean 50 Guard oval with inlay of porcelain hatched with gold lines and ornamented with flowers. 2004 R. W. Lightbown xxxi. 315/2 Their lower ends are concealed by buskins, of vermilion leather hatched with gold and edged with pearls. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. (new ed.) f. 56 It semed vnhap had him long hatched, In mids of his despaires. 1615 T. Overbury et al. (6th impr.) sig. M8v A Rymer Is a fellow whose face is hatcht all ouer with impudence. 1621 J. Fletcher et al. ii. i. sig. D4 A fair designe..To which your worth is wedded, your profession Hatcht in, and made one peece. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccxxv, in (1878) IV. 57 His sword..Hatch't in Blood Royall. 1658 R. Brathwait To Censor sig. Aiv A Rubrick Story, ach't in blood. 2. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > engrave [verb (transitive)] > hatch 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. xxxv. x. 535 To hach also, yea and to fill within, requireth..much labour. 1669 A. Browne 101 Before that you begin to Hatch or shadow, you must draw all the outmost lines with a needle. 1800 T. Hodson II. xx. 415 It is also necessary that he be able to hatch with a pen or pencil exactly, from good copies. 1985 No. 55. 1530 Block in the shadow planes of the rock formation at the lower right, and add grass to both shores by hatching with short vertical strokes. 2014 A. Bénilan 110 (caption) First, hatch with a pencil in the same colour as the background, only darker... Then hatch on top in a white coloured pencil. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > light and shade > [verb (transitive)] > shade 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas ii. i. 374 He hatcheth Files, and winding Vices wormeth, He shapeth Sheers. 1658 W. Sanderson 30 Drawing over the Lines of the Charcoale, and then over that, with a Ravens quill pen, for to remain in your book, and hatch it. 1661 S. Morgan i. i. 3 Sable..is aptly expressed by lines hatchid across one another. 1793 J. Smeaton (ed. 2) 194 Distinguished in the plan by being hatched with slant lines. 1833 J. Holland II. 82 Having heated the steel..they hatch it over and across with the knife. 1877 17 Aug. 163/2 The south door has a lintel deeply hatched with the diagonal lines frequently employed by Norman builders. 1913 R. Fry 28 Dec. (1972) II. 376 You will probably find it best to hatch the colours. 1978 C. Hayes v. 91 Tempera paint can be brushed, hatched, stippled and scratched through. 2011 (Nexis) 12 Mar. 43 The Spinario subject—who actually looks like a real boy, not a sculpture—is also fastidiously hatched. 1858 J. F. W. Herschel (ed. 5) vii. 283 The exterior of another [moon crater] is all hatched over with deep gullies. 1866 13 267 The kamacite is deeply hatched. Oriented rhabdite and etching pittings are abundant. 1998 M. Merlis (1999) iii. 29 His face was hatched with countless tiny lines, almost as if he had scales. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † hatchv.3Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hatch n.1 Obsolete. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella xxxviii, in (1598) 531 While sleepe begins with heauy wings To hatch [1591 close] mine eyes. 1609 W. Shakespeare xvi. 31 T'were not amisse to keepe our doore hatch't . View more context for this quotation a1676 M. Hale (1678) 116 Forcible Entry must be either manifest, furnished with unusual weapons, menace of life or limb, breaking open doors; contrary it seems of doors only hatched, Ejecting forcibly the Possessor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † hatchv.4Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hack v.1 Etymology: Apparently a variant or alteration of hack v.1 (compare sense 2a at that entry). Perhaps compare e.g. hatchel n. (beside hackle n.2), hatch n.1 (beside hack n.4). Obsolete. rare. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > dig, hoe, or harrow in seed 1608 H. Plat 70 Hatch them into the ground, with a rake striken thicke vppon them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2019). † hatchv.5Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: hatch v.1 Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) imitative of the sound of coughing or clearing the throat (compare e.g. hack v.1, hawk v.3), or perhaps (ii) an instance of hatch v.1 (compare sense 5b at that entry). Obsolete. rare. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > have respiratory spasm [verb (intransitive)] > cough 1733 iii. 63 His Holiness..when my Lord had gone a pretty way in his Speech, did mimick, hatch, and pretend to be taken with a violent Fit of Coughing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). hatchv.61865 A. Way (new ed.) III. 239/2 Hatchyd [Harl. 221 hytchyd, 1843 ed. hytchyd; Harl. continues or remevyd Amotus, remotus]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2018). <  n.1OE n.2a1533 n.31600n.4a1650 n.51811v.1c1275v.21480 v.3a1586v.41608v.51733v.61865 |
