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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; <as>as, a <ex>hasty</ex> conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a <ex>hasty</ex> resolution.</as></def>

<p><b>5.<p><b> <def>Proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper.</def>

<blockquote>Take no unkindness of his <b>hasty</b> words. <i>Shak</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Forward; early; first ripe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "As the <i>hasty</i> fruit before the summer."

<i>Is. xxviii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hasty pudding</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Has"ty pud"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A batter or pudding made of flour or oatmeal, stirred into boiling water or milk.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Hat</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hat</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hat</hw>, <def><tt>sing. pres.</tt> of <er>Hote</er> to be called. Cf.</def> <er>Hatte</er>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "That one <i>hat</i> abstinence."

<i>Piers Plowman.</i>

<h1>Hat</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'91t</ets>, <ets>h\'91tt</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>hat</ets>, Sw. <ets>hatt</ets>, Icel. <ets>hattr</ets> a hat, <ets>h\'94ttr</ets> hood, D. <ets>hoed</ets> hat, G. <ets>hut</ets>, OHG. <ets>huot</ets>, and prob. to L. <ets>cassis</ets> helmet. <?/<?/<?/. Cf.<er>Hood</er>.]</ety> <def>A covering for the head; esp., one with a crown and brim, made of various materials, and worn by men or women for protecting the head from the sun or weather, or for ornament.</def>

<cs><col>Hat block</col>, <cd>a block on which hats are formed or dressed.</cd> -- <col>To pass around the hat</col>, <cd>to take up a collection of voluntary contributions, which are often received in a hat. <mark>[Collog.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Hatable</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hat"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being, or deserving to be, hated; odious; detestable.</def>

<h1>Hatband</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hat"band`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A band round the crown of a hat; sometimes, a band of black cloth, crape, etc., worn as a badge of mourning.</def>

<h1>Hatbox</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hat"box`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A box for a hat.</def>

<h1>Hatch</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hatched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hatching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>hacher</ets> to chop, hack. See <er>Hash</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cross with lines in a peculiar manne<?/ in drawing and engraving. See <er>Hatching</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Shall win this sword, silvered and <b>hatched</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

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