hatching
陰影,影線
Hatch v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatched p. pr. & vb. n. Hatching.]
1. To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.
Shall win this sword, silvered and hatched. --Chapman.
Those hatching strokes of the pencil. --Dryden.
2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep. [Obs.]
His weapon hatched in blood. --Beau. & Fl.
Hatch·ing, n. A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also crosshatching.
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hatching
n 1: the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch]
2: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch,
crosshatch, hachure]