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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..

Hachure :: Hachure (n.) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching..

Hatching :: Hatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hatc.

Thatching :: Thatching (n.) The materials used for this purpose; thatch.

Hatching :: Hatching (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..

Thatching :: Thatching (n.) The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc..

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

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..

Peep :: Peep (v. i.) To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep..

Thatching :: Thatching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thatc.

Crossnath :: Crossnath (v. t.) To shade by means of crosshatching.

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The act of hatching.

Hatchery :: Hatchery (n.) A house for hatching fish, etc..

Hatch :: Hatch (v. t.) To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

Reed :: Reed (n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.

Hatcher :: Hatcher (n.) One who hatches, or that which hatches; a hatching apparatus; an incubator..

Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..

Eccaleobion :: Eccaleobion (n.) A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..

Tritovum :: Tritovum (n.) An embryonic insect which has twice cast its skin previous to hatching from the egg.

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