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Hart's-tongue (härtstŭng), n. (Bot.) (a) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. (b) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnæus. It is also found in Florida.
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Hartwort (härtwûrt), n. (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Tordylium maximum).
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☞ The name is often vaguely given to other plants of the same order, as species of Seseli and Bupleurum.
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Harum-scarum (hârŭmskârŭm), a. [Cf. hare,v. t., and scare, v. t.] Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [Colloq.]
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They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarum lad. Thackeray.
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Haruspication (hȧrŭspĭkāshŭn), n. See . Tylor.
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Haruspice (hȧrŭspĭs), n. [F., fr. L. haruspex.] A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as .
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Haruspicy (-pĭs�), n. The art or practices of haruspices. See .
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Harvest (härvĕst), n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. hærfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. karpos fruit. Cf. .] 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.
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Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22.
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At harvest, when corn is ripe. Tyndale.
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2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
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Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13.
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To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps. Shak.
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3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
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The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller.
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The harvest of a quiet eye. Wordsworth.
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Coloq. Harvest fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish of the Southern United States (Stromateus alepidotus); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. -- Coloq. Harvest fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See . -- Coloq. Harvest lord , the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] Tusser. -- Coloq. Harvest mite (Zoöl.), a minute European mite (Leptus autumnalis), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse, and harvest bug. -- Coloq. Harvest moon , the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Coloq. Harvest mouse (Zoöl.), a very small European field mouse (Mus minutus). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. -- Coloq. Harvest queen , an image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. -- Coloq. Harvest spider . (Zoöl.) See .
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Harvest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.] To reap or gather, as any crop.
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Harvester (-ẽr), n. 1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
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2. (Zoöl.) A harvesting ant.
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Harvest-home (-hōm), n. 1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest.
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Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak.
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2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden.
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3. A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
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4. The opportunity of gathering treasure. Shak.
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Harvesting, a. & n., from , v. t.
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Coloq. Harvesting ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
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☞ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under .
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Harvestless, a. Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. “Harvestless autumns.” Tennyson.
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harvest-lice n. An erect perennial Old World herb (Agrimonia eupatoria) of dry grassy habitats.
Syn. -- Agrimonia eupatoria.
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Harvestman (-m�n), n.; pl. Harvestmen (-m�n). 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.
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2. (Zoöl.) See , 1.
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Harvestry (-r�), n. The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne.
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Harvey process (?). (Metal.) A process of hardening the face of steel, as armor plates, invented by Hayward A. Harvey of New Jersey, consisting in the additional carburizing of the face of a piece of low carbon steel by subjecting it to the action of carbon under long-continued pressure at a very high heat, and then to a violent chilling, as by a spray of cold water. This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back.
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Hary (hăr�), v. t. [Cf. OF. harier to harass, or E. harry, v. t.] To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Has (hăz), 3d pers. sing. pres. of .
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Hasard (-ẽrd), n. Hazard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hase (hāz), v. t. [Obs.] See , v. t.
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Hash (hăsh), n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, fr. hacher to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf. .] 1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
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2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
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I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session. Walpole.
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3. Hashish. [slang]
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Hash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hashed (hăsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hashing.] [From , n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.] To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. Hudibras.

{ Hasheesh Hashish } (hăshēsh), n. [Ar. hashīsh.] A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. The active psychoactive principle has been identified as tetrahydrocannabinol. See , and .
Syn. -- hash.
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hashmark n. (Mil.) an insignia worn on the uniform to indicate years of service.
Syn. -- service stripe, hash mark.
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Hask (hăsk), n. [See .] A basket made of rushes or flags, as for carrying fish. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Haslet (hăslĕt), n. [F. hâtelettes broil, for hastelettes, fr. F. haste spit; cf. L. hasta spear, and also OHG. harst gridiron.] The edible viscera, as the heart, liver, etc., of a beast, esp. of a hog. [Written also harslet.]
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Hasp (hȧsp), n. [OE. hasp, hesp, AS. hæpse; akin to G. haspe, häspe, Sw. & Dan. haspe, Icel. hespa.]
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1. A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door.
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2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
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3. An instrument for cutting the surface of grass land; a scarifier.
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Hasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hasped (hȧspt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hasping.] [AS. hæpsian.] To shut or fasten with a hasp.
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hassle n. 1. An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.
Syn. -- fuss, trouble, bother.
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2. disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance. [wns=2]
Syn. -- hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble.
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hassle v. i. 1. to dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements.
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2. To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task.
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hassle v. t. to repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.
Syn. -- harass, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
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Hassock (hăssŭk), n. [Scot. hassock, hassik, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg, and E. sedge.] 1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. Forby.
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2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
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And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper.
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Hast (hăst), 2d pers. sing. pres. of , contr. of havest. [Archaic]

{ Hastate (hăst�t), Hastated (hāst�tĕd), } a. [L. hastatus, fr. hasta spear. Cf. , n.] Shaped like the head of a halberd; triangular, with the basal angles or lobes spreading; as, a hastate leaf.
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Haste (hāst), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. hâte (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See .] 1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.
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The king's business required haste. 1 Sam. xxi. 8.
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2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
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I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11.
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Coloq. To make haste , to hasten.

Syn. -- Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition; dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation. -- , , , . Haste denotes quickness of action and a strong desire for getting on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and rapidity with which things are done. A man may properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed usually secures dispatch.
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Haste, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hasting.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten, Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. hâter. See , n.] To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]
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I 'll haste the writer. Shak.
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They were troubled and hasted away. Ps. xlviii. 5.
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Hasten (hās'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hastened (hās'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hastening (hās'nĭng).] To press; to drive or urge forward; to push on; to precipitate; to accelerate the movement of; to expedite; to hurry.
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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.
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Hasten, v. i. To move with celerity; to be rapid in motion; to act speedily or quickly; to go quickly.
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I hastened to the spot whence the noise came. De Foe.
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Hastener (-ẽr), n. 1. One who hastens.
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2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
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Hastif (hāstĭf), a. [OF. See .] Hasty. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Hastifly, adv. [Obs.]
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Hastile (hăstīl or -tĭl), a. [L. hasta a spear.] (Bot.) Same as . Gray.
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Hastily (hāstĭl�), adv. [From .] 1. In haste; with speed or quickness; speedily; nimbly.
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2. Without due reflection; precipitately; rashly.
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We hastily engaged in the war. Swift.
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3. Passionately; impatiently. Shak.
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Hastiness, n. The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
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Hastings (-tĭngz), n. pl. [From , v.] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer.
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Hastings sands (săndz). (Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England.
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Hastive (-tĭv), a. [OF. hastif. See , n., and cf. .] Forward; early; -- said of fruits. [Obs.]
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Hasty (hāst�), a. [Compar. Hastier (-tĭẽr); superl. Hastiest.] [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See , n.] 1. Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty retreat; a hasty sketch.
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2. Demanding haste or immediate action. [R.] Chaucer. “Hasty employment.” Shak.
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3. Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.
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Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20.
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The hasty multitude
Admiring entered. Milton.
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Be not hasty to go out of his sight. Eccl. viii. 3.
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4. Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
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5. Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.
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Take no unkindness of his hasty words. Shak.
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6. Forward; early; first ripe. [Obs.] “As the hasty fruit before the summer.” Is. xxviii. 4.
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Hasty pudding (hāst� pụddĭng). 1. A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]
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2. A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk. [Eng.]
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Hat (hät), a. Hot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hat, sing. pres. of to be called. Cf. . [Obs.] “That one hat abstinence.” Piers Plowman.
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Hat (hăt), n. [AS. hæt, hætt; akin to Dan. hat, Sw. hatt, Icel. hattr a hat, höttr hood, D. hoed hat, G. hut, OHG. huot, and prob. to L. cassis helmet. √13. Cf. .] A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.
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Coloq. Hat block , a block on which hats are formed or dressed. -- Coloq. To pass around the hat , to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. [Colloq.] Lowell.
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Hatable (hātȧb'l), a. [From .] Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.
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Hatband (hătbănd), n. A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.
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Hatbox (-bŏks), n. A box for a hat.
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Hatch (hăch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched (hăcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See .] 1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See .
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Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. Chapman.
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Those hatching strokes of the pencil. Dryden.
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2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
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His weapon hatched in blood. Beau. & Fl.
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Hatch, v. t. [OE. hacchen, hetchen; akin to G. hecken, Dan. hekke; cf. MHG. hagen bull; perh. akin to E. hatch a half door, and originally meaning, to produce under a hatch. √12.] 1. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched. Paley.
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11.
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For the hens do not sit upon the eggs; but by keeping them in a certain equal heat they [the husbandmen] bring life into them and hatch them. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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2. To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatch heresy. Hooker.
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Fancies hatched
In silken-folded idleness. Tennyson.
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Hatch, v. i. To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
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Hatch, n. 1. The act of hatching.
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2. Development; disclosure; discovery. Shak.
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3. The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.
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Hatch, n. [OE. hacche, AS. hæc, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. häck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. , a frame.] 1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
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In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. Shak.
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2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
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3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. Ainsworth.
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4. A bedstead. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
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Coloq. Booby hatch , Coloq. Buttery hatch , Coloq. Companion hatch , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. -- Coloq. To be under hatches , to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.
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Hatch, v. t. To close with a hatch or hatches.
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'T were not amiss to keep our door hatched. Shak.
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Hatch-boat (hăchbōt), n. (Naut.) A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.
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hatched adj. [p. p. from , v. i.] produced from an egg.
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Hatchel (-ĕl; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to E. hook. See , and cf. , .] 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.
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Hatchel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (-ĕld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla. See , n.] 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.
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2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
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Hatcheler (-ẽr), n. One who uses a hatchel.
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Hatcher (-ẽr), n. 1. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
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2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter.
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A great hatcher and breeder of business. Swift.
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Hatchery (-�), n. A house for hatching fish, etc.
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Hatchet (-ĕt), n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ax. See 1st , .] 1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
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2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
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Buried was the bloody hatchet. Longfellow.
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