单词 | hatching |
释义 | † hatchingn.1 Obsolete. 1. Nautical. Planking, either fixed or movable, forming the deck of a ship. Also in plural in same sense. Cf. hatch n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > material of hatching1294 decking1580 1294–6 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 192 (MED) In iij Cent' bord' emptis ad hachinges. 1298–9 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 192 (MED) In..lingnis ad hechyng'..Et in C bord' emptis ad hechyng'. 1405–10 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 192 (MED) In factura del lenes et hecchyng' dicte Bargie..In hecchyng batellarum predictarum. 2. Mining. An exploratory pit excavated in order to prospect for mineral deposits; = hatch n.1 6. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > an excavation or cutting hatch1671 board1708 hatching1753 hulk1847 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Digging Expressing the random openings which they make in search of mines, by the word hatching, or essay-hatching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). hatchingn.2 The action of hatch v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: something which is hatched, esp. a brood of young. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > hatching hatchingc1450 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being in preparation > making or becoming mature ripingeOE concoction1555 hatching1555 ripening1561 maturation1605 incubation1614 gestation1615 coction1683 development1724 developing1744 ageing1853 maturing1897 the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young > of animals that lay eggs broodc1000 spawn1491 hatch1622 hatch-out1895 hatching1905 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 606/6 Pullificacio, hacchynge. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 18 Euen from the firste hatchynge of the worlde. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 48 You..maliciousely accuse vs.., reiectinge you and your vilde opinions sythens the fyrst hatchinge therof by your grandsire Storck. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 257 Good marriages are not chickins of every dayes hatching. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. vii. 120 Againe, it is unreasonable to ascribe the equivocacy of this forme unto the hatching of a Toade. View more context for this quotation 1669 N. Fairfax Let. 30 Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1968) V. 505 Indeed yt was but purely my self, who use to set ye homelyness of experiments before ye hatchings of words. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 71 This Fowl looseth its Feathers in time of Hatching. 1771 G. White Jrnl. 20 Apr. (1970) iv. 39 It appears that severe frost doth not interrupt the hatching & growth of young frogs. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 478/1 The twenty-one days required for the hatching of chickens. 1891 Poultry World July 136/1 With continuous hatchings, he has a continuous income, because he always has something to sell. 1905 Kynoch Jrnl. Apr. 108 The hatchings at the present time are quite up to the average of a good year. 1975 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 5 Dec. 24/2 Arriving at the mouth about a year after hatching, the larvae are transformed into elvers. 2015 Western Morning News (Nexis) 5 Dec. 8 Late or early hatchings of ducklings and goslings do occur sometimes but thankfully not that often. Compounds General attributive, as hatching box, hatching ground, hatching pool, etc. ΚΠ 1609 T. Higgons First Motiue 148 Th. More answered vnto Pomeranus (extenuating the haynous crimes of our brethren, euen in the hatching-time of our ghospell). 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 72 When she hath laid her egs..you may gently take them off with a knife, and keepe them..till hatching-time come. ?a1656 J. Poole Eng. Parnassus (1657) 288 Court. The place of glorious troubles, empty fallacies, Fals delights, the shine of kings, envies hatching place. 1758 Universal Mag. Jan. 7/1 The pricked paper lying uppermost may be taken away, and placed in the hatching-box, as before, for fresh worms to come on it. 1847 R. Fortune Three Years' Wanderings China v. 79 The first question put to a sight-seer..is, whether he has seen the hatching process. 1892 W. Pike Barren Ground N. Canada iv. 58 Two sorts of gadfly..use these animals as a hatching-ground for their eggs. 1947 Pop Mech. Oct. 173/2 (caption) Sterilamps at top of hatching box..kill airborne bacteria. 1978 Ornis Scandinavica 9 173/1 Hatching asynchrony, even when moderate, gives initial advantages to the chicks which are hatched earlier. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xxxix. 489 Those buildings are the hatching-ground, the spawning-place of the mandarins who have been confounding us with their knavish tricks? 2013 D. J. Fairbairn Odd Couples ii. 16 Attentive males even carry newly hatched tadpoles on their backs..from small hatching pools to freshwater streams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hatchingn.3 The action of drawing, cutting, or engraving close parallel lines, esp. in order to produce the effect of shading (cf. hatch v.2 2). Also (now chiefly): a line or series of lines so created. Cf. cross-hatching n. at cross-hatch v. Derivatives.In monochrome heraldic drawing, different styles and angles of hatching are used to represent different tinctures or colours. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > representation of colour > hatching hatcha1650 hatchinga1650 counter-hatch1662 counter-hatching1662 cross-hatching1822 cross-hatch1860 tint1880 a1650 E. Norgate Miniatura (Tanner 326) (1919) 29 You may worke with the point of the pencill, but after the manner of washing, or hatching, drawing your pencill along with easy, faint, or gentle stroakes. 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura v. 125 Hatchings express'd by single stroaks, are ever the most graceful and natural; though of greater difficulty to execute. 1679 S. Morgan Heraldry Epitomiz'd (single sheet) Two Furs, most commonly used in Arms, every one express'd by several hatching of Lines. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The first Kind of Hatching in Pale, or from Top to Bottom, signifies Gules, or Red. 1851 P. G. Hamerton Obs. Heraldry 46 Vert is marked by diagonal hatchings from right to left, and Purpure from left to right. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 163 The attempts to imitate the shading of fine draughtsmen, by dotting and hatching. 1902 J. Whitelaw Surveying iii. 156 The hatchings should be drawn exactly perpendicular to the contour lines. 1992 New Republic 6 Apr. 31/1 The particular thickness or thinness of engraved lines, the density of the hatching. 2015 J. Paricio Perspective Sketching iii. 175 Some hatching has been added to indicate the back of the trigger on the nozzle. Compounds attributive in the sense ‘characteristic of hatching’, as hatching manner, hatching style, etc. ΚΠ 1695 J. Dryden tr. R. de Piles in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 189 Those hatching strokes of the Pencil. 1788 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. xiv. in Wks. (1797) I. 309 This hatching manner of Gainsborough did very much contribute to the lightness of effect which is so eminent a beauty in his pictures. 1800 Ann. Reg. 1798 (Otridge ed.) Characters 360/2 A hatching style of pencilling. 1854 Art-Jrnl. 6 25/3 We are glad to see that the academy awards to such a drawing, without considering itself bound to the hatching method. 1976 East & West 26 106 The hatching style finds its antecedents in Iranian art, where it was employed extensively between the 12th and the 8th centuries B.C. 2009 RES 55 235/1 Earlier techniques—drypoint, etching, and engraving—produce the effects of light, shadow, and relief with hatching marks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hatchingadj. That hatches (in various senses of hatch v.1).Recorded earliest as the second element in compounds.mischief-, strife-hatching, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adjective] > hatching > that hatches hatchinga1586 incubated1727 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H3 Free of proud feares, braue begg'ry, smiling strife Of clime-fall Court, the enuy-hatching place. 1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist ii. 163 The Liquid substance of an Egg, which will easily mix with Water, to produce by the bare warmth of a hatching Hen, Membrans, Feathrs, Tendons, and other parts. 1754 S. Mihles tr. A. von Haller Physiol. II. xxiv. 157 These..are digested in an heat equal to that of an hatching egg. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 382 Yearning As if to cast some birth of shape from out Her hatching loins. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve II. 127 To sit at home..‘like a hatching hen’. 1905 R. Garnett William Shakespeare Pedagogue & Poacher 30 I have not plagued you overmuch with study, Addled your hatching brains in any fashion. 2012 Your Chickens Apr. 72/1 (advt.) Born free Bantams. North Devon Hatching eggs, Chicks, Hens & Cockerels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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