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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hatching
    n 1: the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch,
         hatching]
    2: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch,
       hatching, crosshatch, hachure]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hatch \Hatch\ (h[a^]ch), v. t. [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.
      [1913 Webster]

            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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [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.
   [1913 Webster]

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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