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Bungalow :: Bungalow (n.) A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda..

Hellier :: Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher..

Mantrap :: Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall..

Pelecoid :: Pelecoid (n.) A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants..

Coamings :: Coamings (n. pl.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges..

After :: After (a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway..

Quickhatch :: Quickhatch (n.) The wolverine.

Hitchel :: Hitchel (n. & v. t.) See Hatchel.

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening..

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) 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..

Helve :: Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze..

Sneck :: Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by a hatch; to latch, as a door..

Poleaxe :: Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel..

Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..

Thatch :: Thatch (n.) Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain..

Virgin :: Virgin (n.) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect..

Incubate :: Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching..

Incubator :: Incubator (n.) That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat..

Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief..

Tippet :: Tippet (n.) A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching..

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