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hatch·ing

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–noun

hachure (def. 2).

[Origin: 1655–65; hatch³ + -ing¹

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hatch² Audio Help   (hāch) Pronunciation Key
v.   hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es

v.   intr.
To emerge from or break out of an egg.

v.   tr.

To produce (young) from an egg.
To cause (an egg or eggs) to produce young.
To devise or originate, especially in secret: hatch an assassination plot.

The act or an instance of hatching.
The young hatched at one time; a brood.

[Middle English hacchen, from Old English *hæccan.]

hatch'er n.

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hatch³ Audio Help   (hāch) Pronunciation Key
tr.v.   hatched, hatch·ing, hatch·es
To shade by drawing or etching fine parallel or crossed lines on.

n.   A fine line used in hatching.

[Middle English hachen, to engrave, carve, from Old French hacher, hachier, to crosshatch, cut up; see hash¹.]

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hatch·ing Audio Help (hāch'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

Fine lines used in graphic arts to show shading.
The process of decorating with such lines.

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hatching
noun
1.	the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch]
2.	shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch]

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Hatching

Hach"ure\, n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

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