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[ noun ]
pejorative terms for an insane asylum
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Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a
door, D. hek gate, Sw. h["a]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger,
rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made
of pieces fastened together. Cf. {Heck}, {Hack} a frame.]
1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set
with spikes on the upper edge.

In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak.

2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. --Ainsworth.

4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse
which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway;
also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in
closing such an opening.

6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine.

{Booby hatch}, {Buttery hatch}, {Companion hatch}, etc. See
under {Booby}, {Buttery}, etc.

{To batten down the hatches} (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over
them, and secure them with battens.

{To be under hatches}, to be confined below in a vessel; to
be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc.


Booby \Boo"by\ (b[=oo]"b[y^]), n.; pl. {Boobies} (-b[i^]z). [Sp.
bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]
1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.

2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A swimming bird ({Sula fiber} or {Sula sula}) related
to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies,
nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account
of its apparent stupidity -- unafraid of men, it
allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised
approach. The name is also sometimes applied to other
species of gannets; as, {Sula piscator}, the
{red-footed booby}; and {Sula nebouxii}, the
{blue-footed booby}.
(b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.

{Booby hatch}
(a) (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily
removable.
(b), an insane asylum. [Colloq.]

{Booby hut}, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local,
U. S.] --Bartlett.

{Booby hutch}, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the
eastern part of England. --Forby.

{Booby prize}, an award for the poorest performance in a
competition; hence, metaphorically, the recognition of a
strikingly inferior or incompetent performance.

{Booby trap}
(a), a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a
door is opened.
(b), any concealed device causing surprise or injury when
a usually harmless object is touched; -- in military
operations, typically containing an explosive charge.
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