The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hutch \Hutch\, n. [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL.
   hutica.]
   1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which
      things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch;
      a rabbit hutch.
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   2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
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   3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
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   4. (Mining)
      (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the
          mine and hoisted out of the pit.
      (b) A jig for washing ore.
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   Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting,
      etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hutched; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Hutching.]
   1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . .
      . ore." --Milton.
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   2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Hutting.]
   To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in
   winter quarters.
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         The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. --W.
                                                  Irving.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hutch
    n 1: a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small
         animals
    2: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut,
       hutch, shack, shanty]