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.