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(), v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Hutted (); p. pr. & vb. n.Hutting.] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving. Hutch (), n.[OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.] 1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch. 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. 3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt. 4. (Mining) (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore. Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc. Hutch v. t.[imp. & p. p.Hutched (); p. pr. & vb. n.Hutching.] 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." Milton. 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig. スポンサード リンク
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