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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hutch, n. [e.m.E. hutch, ME. huc(c)he, F. huche, a chest or coffer, etc.] A hutch in a coal-mine, the box-like receptacle in which coals are conveyed from the coal-face; also as a measure of coal. —1655 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 308.
At nae tyme to exceid four schillings for the pryce of the hutche of coallis and to mak the hutche of the quantitie of nyne gallowns 1879 Cunningham Diary 18.
The mixing sklait-coal in the hutch with the ciner
