'Hutching' definitions:
Definition of 'Hutching'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig. [1913 Webster]