hatching

Noun
Synonyms: hatchcrosshatchhachure

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the production of young from an eggSynonyms: hatch
  2. shading consisting of multiple crossing linesSynonyms: hatchcrosshatchhachure
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.[1913 Webster]
Those hatching strokes of the pencil.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

His weapon hatched in blood.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]
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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