hatch

  • 11hatch´el|er — hatch|el «HACH uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a comb used in cleaning flax or hemp. –v.t. 1. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. 2. Figurative. to annoy; torment. Also …

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  • 12hatch|el — «HACH uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a comb used in cleaning flax or hemp. –v.t. 1. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. 2. Figurative. to annoy; torment. Also …

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  • 13Hatch — (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}. [1913 Webster] Shall win this sword,… …

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  • 14Hatch — Hatch, v. i. To produce young; said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Hatch — Hatch, n. 1. The act of hatching. [1913 Webster] 2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16hatch — hatch1 [hach] vt. [ME hacchen, akin to Ger hecken, to breed & OE hagan, the genitals < ? IE base * k̑ak , to be able, help > Sans s̍aknṓti, (he) can] 1. a) to bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth b) to bring forth… …

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  • 17Hatch — (spr. hättsch), Edwin, engl. Theolog, geb. 4. Sept. 1835 in Derby, gest. 10. Nov. 1889 in Oxford, bekleidete 1859–66 in Kanada verschiedene Lehrstellen, wurde 1867 an der Universität Oxford angestellt, seit 1884 als Professor der… …

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  • 18Hatch — (spr. hättsch), Edwin, engl. Theolog, geb. 4. Sept. 1835 zu Derby, 1859 Prof. in Toronto (Kanada), 1862 in Quebec, seit 1867 in Oxford, gest. das. 10. Nov. 1889. Hauptschriften: »The organisation of the early christian church« (3. Aufl. 1888;… …

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  • 19hatch — index conceive (invent), engender, frame (formulate), make, outlet, produce (manufacture) …

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  • 20hatch — [v] create, plan bear, brainstorm*, breed, bring forth, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up*, design, devise, dream up*, engender, formulate, generate, get up, give birth, incubate, induce, invent, lay eggs, make,… …

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