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<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>An opening into, or in search of, a mine.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Booby hatch</col>, <col>Buttery hatch</col>, <col>Companion hatch</col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Booby</er>, <er>Buttery</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>To batten down the hatches</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens.</cd> -- <col>To be under hatches</col>, <cd>to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>Hatch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To close with a hatch or hatches.</def>

<blockquote>'T were not amiss to keep our door <b>hatched</b>. <i>Shak</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Hatch"-boat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; -- used mostly in the fisheries.</def>

<h1>Hatchel</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch"el</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hechele</ets>, <ets>hekele</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hekel</ets>, G. <ets>hechel</ets>, Dan. <ets>hegle</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'84kla</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>hook</ets>. See <er>Hook</er>, and cf. <er>Hackle</er>, <er>Heckle</er>.]</ety> <def>An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also <altname>hackle</altname> and <altname>heckle</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hatchel</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hatcheled</er> or <er>Hatchelled</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hatcheling</er> or <er>Hatchelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hechelen</ets>, <ets>hekelen</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hekelen</ets>, G. <ets>hecheln</ets>, Dan. <ets>hegle</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'84kla</ets>. See <er>Hatchel</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To tease; to worry; to torment.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Hatcheler</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch"el*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who uses a hatchel.</def>

<h1>Hatcher</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who contrives or originates; a plotter.</def>

<blockquote>A great <b>hatcher</b> and breeder of business. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hatchery</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house for hatching fish, etc.</def>

<h1>Hatchet</h1> <Xpage=673>

<hw>Hatch"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>hachette</ets>, dim. of <ets>hache</ets> <?/. See 1st <er>Hatch</er>, <er>Hash</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically, a tomahawk.</def>

<blockquote>Buried was the bloody <b>hatchet</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

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<cs><col>Hatchet face</col>, <cd>a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet</cd>; hence: <col>Hatchet-faced</col>, <cd>sharp-visaged. <i>Dryden</i>.</cd> -- <col>To bury the hatchet</col>, <cd>to make peace or become reconciled.</cd> -- <col>To take up the hatchet</col>, <cd>to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Hatchet man</hw> 1. A person hired to murder or physically attack another; a hit man. 2. A person who deliberately tries to ruin the reputation of another, often unscrupulously, by slander or other malicious communication, often with political motive, and sometimes for pay. -->