Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶HATCH, n.3 An invention, a story “hatched” in the imagination.Peb. 1884 J. Grosart Poems 42:
I've often thought their stories hatches, Which makes me say, keep oot their clutches.
