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Webster 1913 Edition

Hutch

Hutch

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hutted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hutting
.]
To place in huts; to live in huts;
as, to
hut
troops in winter quarters
.
The troops
hutted
among the heights of Morristown.
W. Irving.

Hutch

,
Noun.
[OE.
hucche
,
huche
,
hoche
, F.
huche
, LL.
hutica
.]
1.
A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept;
as, a grain
hutch
; a rabbit
hutch
.
2.
A measure of two Winchester bushels.
3.
(Mining)
The case of a flour bolt.
4.
(Mining)
(a)
A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
(b)
A jig for washing ore.
Bolting hutch
,
Booby hutch
,
etc. See under
Bolting
, etc.

Hutch

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hutched
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hutching
.]
1.
To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
[R.]
“She hutched the . . . ore.”
Milton.
2.
(Mining)
To wash (ore) in a box or jig.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hutch

HUTCH

, n.
1.
A chest or box; a corn chest or bin; a case for rabbits.
2.
A rat trap.

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