Hatching
['hætʃɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hatch
(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.
Typed by Juan
Examples
- When it don't go astray for a long time, they get suspicious and throttle it anyhow, because they think it is hatching deviltry. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I noticed that their eggs were so much smaller than those I saw hatching in your incubator, I added. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Ah, well I know those two rascals are hatching plots against me. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Just at the time of hatching out do not be tempted to frequently open the drawer. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The hatching which we had witnessed today was a fairly representative event of its kind, all but about one per cent of the eggs hatching in two days. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A chick, for example, pecks accurately at a bit of food in a few hours after hatching. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was indeed an incubator, but the eggs were very small in comparison with those I had seen hatching in ours at the time of my arrival on Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typist: Pierce