Hatch Hatch intransitive verb To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.

Hatch Hatch noun 1. The act of hatching.

2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.

3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.

Hatch Hatch noun [ Middle English hacche , Anglo-Saxon hæc , confer haca the bar of a door, Dutch hek gate, Swedish häck coop, rack, Danish hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to English hook , and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Confer Heck , Hack a frame.] 1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.

In at the window, or else o'er the hatch .

Shak.

2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. Ainsworth.

4. A bedstead. [ Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.

6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.

Booby hatch , Buttery hatch , Companion hatch , etc. See under Booby , Buttery , etc. -- To batten down the hatches (Nautical) , to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. -- To be under hatches , to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.

Hatch Hatch transitive verb To close with a hatch or hatches.

'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched .

Shak.

Hatch-boat Hatch"-boat` (hăch"bōt`) noun (Nautical) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.

Hatchel Hatch"el (-ĕl; 277) noun [ Middle English hechele , hekele ; akin to Dutch hekel , German hechel , Danish hegle , Swedish häkla , and probably to English hook . See Hook , and confer Hackle , Heckle .] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle .

Hatchel Hatch"el transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hatcheled or Hatchelled (-ĕld); present participle & verbal noun Hatcheling or Hatchelling .] [ Middle English hechelen , hekelen ; akin to Dutch hekelen , German hecheln , Danish hegle , Swedish häkla . See Hatchel , noun ] 1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.

2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [ Colloq.]

Hatcheler Hatch"el·er (-ẽr) noun One who uses a hatchel.

Hatcher Hatch"er (-ẽr) noun 1. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.

2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter.

A great hatcher and breeder of business.

Swift.

Hatchery Hatch"er·y (-ȳ) noun A house for hatching fish, etc.

Hatchet Hatch"et (-ĕt) noun [ French hachette , dim. of hache ax. See 1st Hatch , Hash .] 1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

2. Specifically, a tomahawk.

Buried was the bloody hatchet .

Longfellow.

Hatchet face , a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet ; hence: Hatchet-faced , sharp-visaged. Dryden. -- To bury the hatchet , to make peace or become reconciled. -- To take up the hatchet , to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.

Hatchettine Hatch"et·tine (hăch"ĕt*tĭn), Hatch"et*tite (-tĭt) noun [ Named after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett .] (Min.) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.

Hatching Hatch"ing noun [ 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 .

Hatchment Hatch"ment (-m e nt) noun [ Corrupt. from achievement .]

1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement .

His obscure funeral;
No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.

Shak.

2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity.

Let there be deducted, out of our main potation,
Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh.

Beau. & Fl.

Hatchure Hatch"ure (-ur; 135) noun Same as Hachure .

Hatchway Hatch"way` (-wā`) noun A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.

Hate Hate (hāt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hated ; present participle & verbal noun Hating .] [ Middle English haten , hatien , Anglo-Saxon hatian ; akin to Old Saxon hatan , hatōn to be hostile to, Dutch haten to hate, Old High German hazzēn , hazzōn , German hassen , Icelandic & Swedish hata , Danish hade , Goth. hatan , hatjan . √36. Confer Hate , noun , Heinous .]

1. To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.

1 John iii. 15.

2. To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that ; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.

I hate that he should linger here.

Tennyson.

3. (Script.) To love less, relatively. Luke xiv. 26.

Syn. -- To Hate , Abhor , Detest , Abominate , Loathe . Hate is the generic word, and implies that one is inflamed with extreme dislike. We abhor what is deeply repugnant to our sensibilities or feelings. We detest what contradicts so utterly our principles and moral sentiments that we feel bound to lift up our voice against it. What we abominate does equal violence to our moral and religious sentiments. What we loathe is offensive to our own nature, and excites unmingled disgust. Our Savior is said to have hated the deeds of the Nicolaitanes; his language shows that he loathed the lukewarmness of the Laodiceans; he detested the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees; he abhorred the suggestions of the tempter in the wilderness.

Hate Hate noun [ Middle English hate , hete , Anglo-Saxon hete ; akin to Dutch haat , German hass , Icelandic hatr , SW. hat , Danish had , Goth. hatis . Confer Hate , v. ] Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love .

For in a wink the false love turns to hate .

Tennyson.

Hateful Hate"ful (-ful) adjective 1. Manifesting hate or hatred; malignant; malevolent. [ Archaic or R.]

And worse than death, to view with hateful eyes
His rival's conquest.

Dryden.

2. Exciting or deserving great dislike, aversion, or disgust; odious.

Unhappy, wretched, hateful day!

Shak.

Syn. -- Odious; detestable; abominable; execrable; loathsome; abhorrent; repugnant; malevolent.

-- Hate"ful*ly , adverb -- Hate"ful*ness , noun

Hatel Hat"el (hāt"ĕl) adjective Hateful; detestable. [ Obsolete]

Hater Hat"er (hāt"ẽr) noun One who hates.

An enemy to God, and a hater of all good.

Sir T. Browne.

Hath Hath (hăth) 3d pers. sing. present of Have , contracted from haveth . Has. [ Archaic]

Hatless Hat"less (hăt"lĕs) adjective Having no hat.

Hatrack Hat"rack` (hăt"răk`) noun A hatstand; hattree.

Hatred Ha"tred (hā"trĕd) noun [ Middle English hatred , hatreden . See Hate , and confer Kindred .] Strong aversion; intense dislike; hate; an affection of the mind awakened by something regarded as evil.

Syn. -- Odium; ill will; enmity; hate; animosity; malevolence; rancor; malignity; detestation; loathing; abhorrence; repugnance; antipathy. See Odium .

Hatstand Hat"stand` (hăt"stănd`) noun A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc.

Hatte Hat"te (hät"t e ), present & imperfect sing. & plural of Hote , to be called. See Hote . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte .

Piers Plowman.

Hatted Hat"ted (hăt"tĕd) adjective Covered with a hat.

Hatter Hat"ter (-tẽr) transitive verb [ Prov. E., to entangle; confer LG. ver haddern , ver heddern , ver hiddern .] To tire or worry; -- with out . [ Obsolete] Dryden.

Hatter Hat"ter noun One who makes or sells hats.

Hatteria Hat·te"ri·a (hăt*tē"rĭ*ȧ) noun [ New Latin ] (Zoology) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala , of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon , and Tuatera . See Rhynchocephala .

Hatti-sherif Hat"ti-sher`if (hăt"tĭ*shĕr`ĭf or hät"tē*sha*rēf") noun [ Turk., from Arabic khatt a writing + sherīf noble.] A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

Hatting Hat"ting (hăt"tĭng) noun The business of making hats; also, stuff for hats.

Hattree Hat"tree` (hăt"trē`) noun A hatstand.

Haubergeon Hau·ber"ge·on (ha*bẽr"je*ŏn) noun See Habergeon .

Hauberk Hau"berk (ha"bẽrk) noun [ Old French hauberc , halberc , French haubert , Old High German halsberc ; hals neck + bergan to protect, German bergen ; akin to Anglo-Saxon healsbeorg , Icelandic hālsbjörg . See Collar , and Bury , transitive verb ] A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon . See Habergeon . [ Written variously hauberg , hauberque , hawberk , etc.] Chaucer.

Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail.

Gray.

Hauerite Hau"er·ite (ha"ẽr*īt) noun [ Named after Von Hauer , of Vienna.] (Min.) Native sulphide of manganese, a reddish brown or brownish black mineral.

Haugh Haugh (ha) noun [ See Haw a hedge.] A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough.

Sir W. Scott.

Haught Haught (hat) adjective [ See Haughty .] High; elevated; hence, haughty; proud. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Haughtily Haugh"ti·ly (ha"tĭ*lȳ) adverb [ From Haughty .] In a haughty manner; arrogantly.

Haughtiness Haugh"ti·ness noun [ For hauteinness . See Haughty .] The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.

Syn. -- Arrogance; disdain; contemptuousness; superciliousness; loftiness. -- Haughtiness , Arrogance , Disdain . Haughtiness denotes the expression of conscious and proud superiority; arrogance is a disposition to claim for one's self more than is justly due, and enforce it to the utmost; disdain in the exact reverse of condescension toward inferiors, since it expresses and desires others to feel how far below ourselves we consider them. A person is haughty in disposition and demeanor; arrogant in his claims of homage and deference; disdainful even in accepting the deference which his haughtiness leads him arrogantly to exact.

Haughty Haugh"ty (-tȳ) adjective [ Compar. Haughtier (-tĭ*ẽr); superl. Haughtiest .] [ Middle English hautein , French hautain , from haut high, Old French also halt , from Latin altus . See Altitude .]

1. High; lofty; bold. [ Obsolete or Archaic]

To measure the most haughty mountain's height.

Spenser.

Equal unto this haughty enterprise.

Spenser.

2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.

A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.

Clarendon.

3. Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.

Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering.

Milton.

Haul Haul (hal) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hauled (hald); present participle & verbal noun Hauling .] [ Middle English halen , halien , French haler , of German or Scand. origin; akin to Anglo-Saxon geholian to acquire, get, Dutch halen to fetch, pull, draw, Old High German holōn , halōn , German holen , Danish hale to haul, Swedish hala , and to Latin calare to call, summon, Greek kalei^n to call. Confer Hale , transitive verb , Claim . Class , Council , Ecclesiastic .] 1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.

Some dance, some haul the rope.

Denham.

Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.

Pope.

Romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust.

Thomson.

2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.

When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.

U. S. Grant.

To haul over the coals . See under Coal . -- To haul the wind (Nautical) , to turn the head of the ship nearer to the point from which the wind blows.

Haul Haul intransitive verb 1. (Nautical) To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul , transitive verb

I . . . hauled up for it, and found it to be an island.

Cook.

2. To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

To haul around (Nautical) , to shift to any point of the compass; -- said of the wind. -- To haul off (Nautical) , to sail closer to the wind, in order to get farther away from anything; hence, to withdraw; to draw back.

Haul Haul noun 1. A pulling with force; a violent pull.

2. A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul .

3. That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.

4. Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul .

5. (Rope Making) A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Haulabout Haul"a·bout` noun A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.

Haulage Haul"age (-aj) noun Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

Hauler Haul"er (-ẽr) noun One who hauls.

Haulm Haulm (ham) noun [ Middle English halm , Anglo-Saxon healm ; akin to D., G., Dan., & Swedish halm , Icelandic hālmr , Latin calamus reed, cane, stalk, Greek kalamo`s . Confer Excel , Culminate , Culm , Shawm , Calamus .] The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

Haulm Haulm noun A part of a harness; a hame.

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