Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hatch \Hatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hatching}.] [F. hacher to chop, hack. See {Hash}.]
   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.

Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.]
   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}.

Source : WordNet®

hatching
     n 1: the production of young from an egg [syn: {hatch}]
     2: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: {hatch},
         {crosshatch}, {hachure}]