Dictionary definitions
- Enter a word for the dictionary definition.
hatching
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
