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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hitch

Hĭtch, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [Cf. Scot. hitch, a motion by a jerk, hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, and Prov. Ger. hiksen, for hinken, to limp, hobble, L. Ger. hake, H. Ger. haken, hook.]

  1. To become entangled or caught by a hook, or as by a hook. South.
  2. To move spasmodically or by jerks, as if caught on a hook; to jerk; to hop.

*Whoe'er offends, at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.* Pope. 3. To change place; to fidget; to move.

Weary of long standing, to ease themselves a little by hitching into another place. Fuller. 4. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Hĭtch, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. HITCHED (hĭcht); p. pr. & vb. n. HITCHING.] To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.

Hĭtch, n.

noun
  1. A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle.
  2. The act of catching, as on a hook, &c.
  3. A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving.
  4. (Naut.) A knot or noose in a rope for fastening it to a ring or other object; as, a clove hitch, a timber hitch, &c. Totten.
  5. (Geol.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein. Dana.