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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hatch \Hatch\ (h[a^]ch), verb (used with an object) [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}.
Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. --Chapman.
Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
His weapon hatched in blood. --Beau. & Fl.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
hatched \hatched\ adjective [p. p. from {hatch}, verb (used without an object)] produced from an egg. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hatched
adjective
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
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