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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 quartersThe 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.Definition 2024
hutch
hutch
English
Noun
hutch (plural hutches)
- A cage in which a rabbit or rabbits are kept.
- 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 16,
- To reach the courtroom, on the second floor, one passed sundry sunless county cubbyholes: the tax assessor,... the circuit clerk, the judge of probate lived in cool dim hutches that smelled […]
- 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 16,
- A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
- A measure of two Winchester bushels.
- (mining) The case of a flour bolt.
- (mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
- (mining) A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
Translations
cage for rabbits
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Verb
hutch (third-person singular simple present hutches, present participle hutching, simple past and past participle hutched)