Hatchment

[Corrupted from achievement.) (Her.) An armorial escutcheon (lozenge-shaped) suspended in front of a house, in a church, or on the hearse at funerals, to mark the decease of a member of the family. (Seo Fig. 965, art. ESCUTCHEON.) The H. is always drawn up with heraldic precision, so that from the form and accompaniments of the field, and the color of the ground of the H. the sex, position, and rank of the deceased may be known. Hatch'ville, in Ma achusetts , a P. O. of Barns table co Hatch'way,n. ( Naut .) A large square opening in a ship's deck for communicating with the decks below, the hold, .; there are the fore , main , and after hatchways, corresponding with the several divisions of a ship. A square opening or aperture cut in a floor to give acce to another floor, or to a cellar; a hatch. Hate, v. a. [A. S. hatian; D. haaten; Ger. ha en; Goth. hatjan. Root Sansk. att , to despise, to hold in slight esteem.] To detest; to loathe; to abhor; to abominate; to dislike greatly; to have a great aversion to. n. Intense dislike or aversion; active antipathy; hatred. "Haughty Juno's unrelenting hate.' -Dryden.