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Hatcht vs Matcht - What's the difference?

hatcht | matcht |

In obsolete terms the difference between hatcht and matcht

is that hatcht is past tense of hatch while matcht is past tense of match.

hatcht

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (hatch)

    • hatch

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) hache, from (etyl) ‘hedge’. More at hedge.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
  • A trapdoor.
  • An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A .
    • The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch .
  • A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
  • An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine.
  • (slang) A gullet.
  • A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
  • A floodgate; a sluice gate.
    • (Ainsworth)
  • (Scotland) A bedstead.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • (mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.
    • Derived terms
    * down the hatch * hatchwise

    Verb

  • To close with a hatch or hatches.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Twere not amiss to keep our door hatched .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hacchen ‘to propagate’, cognate with German hecken ‘to breed, spawn’, Danish ; akin to Latvian kakale ‘penis’.Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “hecken” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005).

    Verb

    (es)
  • (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
  • (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
  • To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  • To devise.
    • to hatch''' a plan or a plot; to '''hatch mischief or heresy
    Derived terms
    * hatchling
    References

    Noun

    (head)
  • The act of hatching.
  • Development; disclosure; discovery.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.
    • These pullets are from an April hatch .
  • The phenomenon, lasting 1-2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
  • * Edward R. Hewitt, quoted in 1947', Charles K. Fox, ''Redistribution of the Green Drake'', '''1997 , Norm Shires, Jim Gilford (editors), ''Limestone Legends , page 104,
    • The Willowemoc above Livington Manor had the largest mayfly hatch I ever knew about fifty years ago.
  • * 2004 , Ed Engle, Fishing Small Flies , page 118,
    • The major application of the parachute is for mayfly hatches', but it's also useful for midge ' hatches .
  • * 2007 , John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest , page 70,
    • Many years the mayfly hatch' begins by the time the lake opens in April. Otherwise, expect strong '''hatches''' by mid-May. The ' hatches continue through midsummer.
  • (informal) A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
  • * Dryden
    • Those hatching strokes of the pencil.
  • * Chapman
    • Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched .
  • (obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • His weapon hatched in blood.

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    matcht

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (match)

    • match

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) macche, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
    • My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.
  • Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
  • * Drayton
    • many a warlike match
  • * Dryden
    • A solemn match was made; he lost the prize.
  • Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
    • He knew he had met his match .
  • * Addison
    • Government makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow subjects.
  • A marriage.
  • A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
  • * Clarendon
    • She was looked upon as the richest match of the West.
  • Suitability.
  • Equivalence; a state of correspondence. (rfex)
  • Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
  • * Shakespeare
    • It were no match , your nail against his horn.
  • A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
    • The carpet and curtains are a match .
  • An agreement or compact.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy hand upon that match .
  • * Boyle
    • Love doth seldom suffer itself to be confined by other matches than those of its own making.
  • (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.
    • Derived terms
    * cage match * first class match * friendly match * grudge match * * love match * Man of the Match/man of the match * match fixing * match made in heaven * match made in hell * matchless * matchmaker * match play/matchplay * matchplayer * match point * match referee * * one-day match * overmatch * post-match * rubber match * shouting match * slanging match * steel cage match * Test match * tour match * whole shitting match * whole shooting match

    Verb

    (es)
  • (lb) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  • :
  • :
  • (lb) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
  • :
  • *
  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
  • (lb) To make a successful match or pairing.
  • :
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= End of the peer show , passage=Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.}}
  • (lb) To equal or exceed in achievement.
  • :
  • (lb) To unite in marriage, to mate.
  • *1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
  • *:Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred.
  • *(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • *:A senator of Rome survived, / Would not have matched his daughter with a king.
  • To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.
  • :
    • Derived terms
    * match drill * matcher * matchup * matchy * * overmatch * unmatch
    See also
    * mate

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
    • He struck a match and lit his cigarette.
    Synonyms
    * spunk
    Derived terms
    * fireplace match * matchbook, matchbox, matchlock * matchgirl * phosphorus match * quick match * safety match * slow match * strike-anywhere match * sulfur match * sulphur match
    See also
    * fire, lighter, cigarette lighter * strike (to strike a match)