n.
食堂供传递食物用的小窗口

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.


Buttery \But"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Butteries}. [OE. botery, botry;
cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F.
bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter.
See {Bottle} a hollow vessel, {Butt} a cask.]
1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other
provisions are kept.

All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars,
pantries, and butteries, to the north. --Sir H.
Wotton.

2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and
refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. --E.
Hall.

3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. --Weale.

{Buttery hatch}, a half door between the buttery or kitchen
and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were
passed. --Wright.