Hach"ure (hch"r), n. [F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.] (Fine
Arts) A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading
and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.
||Ha`ci*en"da (‰`th*n"d or h‰`s*n"d), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda
||employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be
||done, fr. facere to do. See Fact.] A large estate where work of any
||kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of
||animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a
||farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word
||used in Spanish-American regions.
Hack (hk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] 1. A frame or grating of various
kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for
feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.