Hatch

[A. S. hæca; Dan. hek, a railing, a grating, a grate.] The shut or fastened part of a door, the part above being open. - A fish-weir in a river. - A bedframe; a bedstead. ( Sir W. Scott.) - The opening in the floor of a warehouse. ( pl. ) Flood-gates in a river to stop the current of the water. -v. a. door. To close or secure with a hatch; as, to hatch the white felt hat at his entry into Rouen in 1449. Hats -n. A brood; as many chickens as are incubated at once. and plumes were worn at the court of Edward III. at - The act of exclusion from the egg. - Disclosure; disthe institution of the Garter. The Pope of Rome was in the habit of sending "ble ed hats" to princes and commanders of armies who deserved the gratitude of the Roman Catholic Church. These hats were of violet silk, lined with ermine, and embroidered with gold and jewels. They were ble ed by the Pope, in solemn conclave, on Christmas Eve. The last hat of this description was given to Gen. Daun, after the capture of Hochkirchen, in 1758. The crowns of the hats worn at the commencement of the 18th century were round. The Jews of Spain were formerly compelled to wear yellow hats. In many towns in Germany, bankrupts had to wear green and yellow hats. The manufacture of felt hats began early in the American colonies, and in the later years of the 17th century the exportation of wool, raccoon, and other felting furs was forbidden in Ma achusetts and Pennsylvania, while in 1722 Parliament was asked to prevent the importation of hats from the colonies, as it was injuring the trade of the English hatmakers. Colonial hat making was thereupon severely restricted, and this busine did not become active again in America until after the Revolution. Napped hats, or those having a nap of beaver fur felted into a prepared Hatch'ee, or HATCHIE, a river, which, rising in Tippah co., Mi i ippi, pa es through the S.W. part of Tenne ee, and enters the Mi i ippi River near Randolph. It is navigable by steamboats to Bolivar, about 150 m. from its embouchure. An action occurred at Davies's Bridge on this river, Oct. 6, 1862, between a Confederate force under Gen. Van Dorn, and one of National troops with the lo of 300 prisoners and two batteries. Gens. under Gen. Ord, in which the former were defeated Ord and Veatch were wounded during this battle. Hatch'el, n. See HACKLE. Hatch'el, v. a . To draw through the teeth of a hatchel or hackle. "body," were widely produced in the U. S. up to 1834. To torment, worry, or weary by sarcastic words. when the silk, or "water-proof" hat was introduced from France. The cheapne with which these hats were made abroad drove many hat makers out of the busine , and caused a later concentration of the trade of large factories, the principal centers of the busine to-day being New York, Philadelphia, Danbury and Bethel, Conn., and other cities in diminishing proportion.- Manuf . The principal materials of which hats are manufactured are fur, wool, silk, and straw. Hats made of silk plush, drawn over a coarse stiffened textile fabric as a foundation, with hats of felted wool and fur, without any nap, that are either soft and yielding, or brought into the usual hat-shape by being blocked and stiffened with a composition prepared for the purpose, are those that are most generally worn at the present day. Straw hats are made of lengths of straw plait sewn together in the desired shape. In the making of felt hats, hair of the rabbit is now most commonly used, with smaller quantities of hare, beaver, musk-rat, vicuna, and camel hair for the finer felts, while sheep's wool is employed for the commoner felted hats. Cotton and other vegetable fibers are mixed with wool to pro