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Results for hatch
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
2. To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatched.
3. To produce young; -- said of eggs; to come forth from the egg; -- said of the young of birds, fishes, insects, etc.
4. The act of hatching.
5. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge.
6. To close with a hatch or hatches.
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