A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1602
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Hach, Hatch, n. [e.m.E. hatch, ME. ha(c)che, OE. hæc(c; cf. Hech n.] pl. The hatches (of a ship). —1513 Doug. i. iii. 18 (Sm.).
The ayris, hachis [R. hatchis], and the takillis brast 1602 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 137.
Gif ony of them [sailors] becums seik induring the weyage sua that he can nocht remayne nor ly in the schipis hacheis
