Definition of "hatching" []

• Fine lines used in graphic arts to show shading. (noun)
• The process of decorating with such lines. (noun)

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• "Rest of the year best to figure out what is hatching from the charts or stop into Gates 'or the Old AuSable and ask."
• "In Pennsylvania spring creeks, you can't get a brown to take a fly unless it perfectly matches the main hatching insects."
• ""Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders," writes the trade."