HUTCHES
Noun
hutches
plural of hutch
Source: Wiktionary
HUTCH
Hutch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting.]
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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, v. 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)
Definition: To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
HUTCH
Hutch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting.]
Definition: 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, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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, v. 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)
Definition: To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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