† hachy Obs.
Also 4 haché, 7 hachee, hachey.
[The 14th c. form app. represents an OF. haché, from pa. pple. of hacher to hash; the 17th c. hachee, -ey, -y may be the same, or may phonetically represent F. hachis (1539 in R. Estienne) in same sense. See also hash.]
= hash.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15759 And passed wel þo þat hache; So swete a mete neuer or et he. 1611 Cotgr., Hachis, a hachey, or hachee; a sliced gallimaufrey, or minced meat. a 1648 Digby Closet Open. (1677) 151 Small cut juycy Hachy of Rabbet, Capon, or Mutton. Ibid., A nourishing Hachy. a 1668 Sir W. Waller Div. Medit. (1839) 46 If our forefathers could see our hachees, and olliaes, and hodgpodges. |