Verb (used with object) : to hatch a scheme. From Dictionary.com.
I guess the hatching is your background image or something, because it’s still visible on the left-hand side. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » OMG, This Is Different] Reference
Rest of the year best to figure out what is hatching from the charts or stop into Gates 'or the Old AuSable and ask. From Wordnik.com. [I have a cabin in Grayling, and flyfish the Au Sable River.] Reference
In Pennsylvania spring creeks, you can't get a brown to take a fly unless it perfectly matches the main hatching insects. From Wordnik.com. [Why Do Fish Eat Indicators?] Reference
Economic stability is the only ruling ethic and people are born in hatching factories, where they've been preordained from the embryo to be. From Wordnik.com. [My Own Private Orwell: Why the high priest of dystopia still matters] Reference
My hatching, which is on a screened layer, plots as a solid lines, not screened lines. From Wordnik.com. [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root] Reference
We newbies tended to sit further back, "hatching" new ideas like Chickywiki and calls to Oprah. From Wordnik.com. [2008 IASL Conference -2] Reference
I drew in small ink marks, "hatching" by crossing the ink marks in places of shadow or definition. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of The Georges and the Jewels] Reference
For liberal Democrats, "hatching" Intelligence probably brings to mind what allegedly occurred in the run-up to the Iraq War. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"hatching," as Steve put it; and all sorts of guesses were indulged in during his absence. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island] Reference
(Although it appears there is still some "hatching" to do!) "King stork was welcome to replace a log. From Wordnik.com. [New NASA Admin Rumors - NASA Watch] Reference
Outsiders can't be sure what schemes he might be hatching. From Wordnik.com. [Suharto's Siege] Reference
Infection usually occurs within a day or two following hatching. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Iron, wrought and cast, representation of by cross-hatching, 82. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Cast iron, representation of, 277. representation of by cross-hatching, 82. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
It may be known to be a sectional view by the cross-hatching or section lines. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Wrought iron, representation of, 277. representation of by cross-hatching, 82. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
The males do all the hatching, even making the nest in preparation for the eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories] Reference
DRE hatching a fiendish conspiracy to dominate the entire entertainment industry?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Dre's New 'Hood: Hollywood] Reference
Simultaneously, Michigan is hatching an initiative to bring scientists from the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Put Green Cars On the Highway] Reference
That is, "he went on," if we find that they're really hatching mischief, as Bart thinks. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
Dwindle Daniels spent an hour on the way home in hatching himself out of a shell of mud. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Luck] Reference
It seems to be shared by both parents, as are the duties of hatching and feeding the young. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
While they appeared in swarms, it was noticed that they disappeared immediately upon hatching. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Amir is the only lead Muslim character I've seen in a Hollywood film who's not hatching a terror plot. From Wordnik.com. [A Change in the Wind] Reference
For a period of from twenty-four to forty-eight hours after hatching, the chicks should receive no feed. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Matt Duss has been doing nice work digging into the behind-the-scenes thinkers who are hatching all this stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
Apple's business objective in hatching this Orwellian innovation is to prevent people from "jailbreaking" iPhones. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Evans: The Apple of Big Brother's Eye (Or, They Now Have a Camera in My Bedroom)] Reference
I inquired about ordering a couple of day-old bantam silkies as a back-up plan, in case the hatching did not occur. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
Why, I have seen one hour's solid labor eat up all the blue tribe which had been hatching and hatching by millions. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
Hatcheries have been established in many parts of our country for the purpose of collecting and hatching fish eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
This beetle lays eggs in the twigs, which are girdled so as to stop the flow of sap that would normally prevent hatching. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Baffled and furious, he slouched away, hatching secret revenge upon the old man who had so determinedly baulked his will. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Authorities reportedly have at least 20 taped conversations between Shabazz and her former classmate, allegedly hatching the plot. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale Of Two Lonely Lives] Reference
That acid-spewing, multiheaded, indestructible thing was aboard Ripley's spacecraft -- and another beastie is hatching in Ripley's gut. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ripley And The Dragon] Reference
As its active ingredient, Lufenuron, is passed along to the fleas through the animals 'bloodstreams, it prevents their eggs from hatching. From Wordnik.com. [Flea-Free Felines] Reference
That's okay, I thought, I'll just put the eggs under her there for now and then move her down to the floor when they're closer to hatching. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
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