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Definition of Hatching
1. Noun. The production of young from an egg.
Generic synonyms: Birth, Birthing, Giving Birth, Parturition
Derivative terms: Hatch, Hatch, Hatch
2. Noun. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
Generic synonyms: Shading
Derivative terms: Crosshatch, Hatch, Hatch, Hatch, Hatch
Definition of Hatching
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hatching
1. Noun. A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines. ¹
2. Noun. A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of ''hatch'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hatching
1. a series of lines used to show shading [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hatching
1. 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. Synonym: crosshatching. See: 1st Hatch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hatching
Literary usage of Hatching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"This, as at first applied by Seth Green, rendered the hatching of shad practicable
ou a large scale. sea, and superior in every way to any boat used in ..."
2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1908)
""hatching AND GROWING POULTRY FOR PROFIT." BT MBS. WE MOHR. ... They should have
no food for at least thirty-six hours after hatching; then feed five or six ..."
3. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"The hatching does not therefore proceed independently of the mother and does not
... The first molt which follows hatching is effected in the hours which ..."
4. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"THE hatching OF YOUNG INSECTS Only a few accounts have been published regarding
... The hatching spines.— An organ for rupturing the embryonic envelopes is ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"The Clark hatching-trough is divided is no motion, but the water coming from be-
into ... A very good invention for hatching heavy eggs in layers was the I ..."
6. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"Encouraged by the splendid success of the shad - hatching establishments on the
... Sacramento, has been selected for the hatching-works, and among all the ..."
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