hutch

hutch
    n 1: a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small
         animals
    2: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: {hovel}, {hut},
       {hutch}, {shack}, {shanty}]
    

Hutch \Hutch\, 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.
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         The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. --W.
                                                  Irving.
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Hutch \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.
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   2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
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   3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt.
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   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.
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   {Bolting hutch}, {Booby hutch}, etc. See under {Bolting},
      etc.
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Hutch \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.
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   2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "hutch":
      Nissen hut, Quonset hut, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank,
      basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, booth, box,
      bundle away, bunker, buttery, cache, cargo dock, cellar, chest,
      closet, coffer, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard, deposit,
      depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, file, gatehouse,
      glory hole, godown, hold, hut, kiosk, lay away, lay down, lay in,
      lay in store, lean-to, library, locker, lodge, lumber room,
      lumberyard, magasin, magazine, outbuilding, outhouse, pack away,
      pavilion, put away, rack, repertory, reposit, repository,
      reservoir, rick, salt away, salt down, sentry box, shack, shanty,
      shed, shelf, stack, stack room, stall, stash, stock room, storage,
      store, store away, storehouse, storeroom, stow, stow away,
      stow down, supply base, supply depot, tank, tollbooth, tollhouse,
      treasure house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse,
      wine cellar