nates and brings to maturity, as treason, conspiracy, Hatches

pl. ( Naut.) The coverings for the hatchways of a ship, made with ledges, and laid with oak or pine, which are, in very bad weather, battened down to keep the water which comes in upon the decks from getting below. -( Mining.) An excavation made in a mine. To be under hatches, to be confined below; hence, to be in bondage, distre , or durance. "Though his body 's under hatches, his soul has gone aloft." Dibdin. Hatchet, ( hach'et ,) n. [Ger. hacke ; Fr. hachette , a small axe, from hacher; A. S. haccan, to hack.] A small hacking or chipping instrument; a small axe with a short helve, to be used with one hand. To bury the hatchet, to make friends again; to restore peace. To take up the hatchet , to declare war; to break peace or amity. (These expre ions are taken metaphorically from the practice of the N. American Indians.) nance, such as might be hewn out of a block of wood by a hatchet. "An ugly beau adores a hatchet-face."-Dryden.