hatched

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One day, this lake shore will be a hive of industry, for deep in her loins Mother Earth had hutched her riches of coal and fire-clay, and, mayhap, more minerals that are precious.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

He battened on fowl not safely hutched, On sheep astray from the crook; A lure for the foolish in fold: To carrion turning what flesh he touched.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

Now then, Bob, don’t sit there hutched up like a wet monkey.

From Fitz the Filibuster by Piffard, Harold

For a few seconds, as he paced the floor, Jones was in the mental condition of a dog in proximity to a hutched badger.

From The Man Who Lost Himself by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)