HATCH

I. noun Etymology: Middle English hache, from Old English hæc; akin to Middle Dutch hecke trapdoor Date: before 12th century a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) , 2. an opening in the deck of a ship or in the floor or roof of a building, the covering for such an opening, ~way , compartment , floodgate , II. verb Etymology: Middle English hacchen; akin to Middle High German hecken to mate Date: 13th century intransitive verb to produce young by incubation, 2. to emerge from an egg, chrysalis, or pupa, to give forth young or imagoes, to incubate eggs ; brood , transitive verb 1. to produce (young) from an egg by applying natural or artificial heat, incubate 1a, to bring into being ; originate , ~ability noun ~able adjective ~er noun III. noun Date: 1601 an act or instance of ~ing, a brood of ~ed young, IV. transitive verb see: hash Date: 15th century to inlay with narrow bands of distinguishable material , to mark (as a drawing or engraving) with fine closely spaced lines, V. noun Date: 1658 line