Hatchel
(Hatch"el) n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and
prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.] 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
hackle and heckle.
Hatchel
(Hatch"el), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (-eld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatcheling or
Hatchelling.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla. See
Hatchel, n.]
1. 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.
2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
Hatcheler
(Hatch"el*er) n. One who uses a hatchel.
Hatcher
(Hatch"er) n.
1. One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator.
2. One who contrives or originates; a plotter.
A great hatcher and breeder of business.
Swift. Hatchery
(Hatch"er*y) n. A house for hatching fish, etc.
Hatchet
(Hatch"et) n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ax. See 1st Hatch, Hash.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
Buried was the bloody hatchet.
Longfellow.
Hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a hatchet; hence: Hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged.
Dryden. To bury the hatchet, to make peace or become reconciled. To take up the hatchet,
to make or declare war. The last two phrases are derived from the practice of the American Indians.
Hatchettine
(Hatch"et*tine) Hatchettite
(Hatch"et*tite) n. [Named after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett.]
(Min.) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color.
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.
Hatchment
(Hatch"ment) n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed,
usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in
England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether
married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement.
His obscure funeral;
No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.
Shak.