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cross⋅hatch

[kraws-hach, kros-]
–verb (used with object)
1. to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
–noun
2. a pattern or mark made with such lines.

Origin:
1815–25; cross- + hatch 3


crosshatching, noun
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cross·hatch   (krôs'hāch', krŏs'-)   
tr.v.   cross·hatched, cross·hatch·ing, cross·hatch·es
To mark or shade with two or more sets of intersecting parallel lines.
n.  
  1. A pattern made by such lines.

  2. The symbol (#).

cross'-hatch'ing n.
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