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Webster 1913 Edition

Hitch

Hitch

(hĭch)
,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. Scot.
hitch
a motion by a jerk, and
hatch
,
hotch
, to move by jerks, also Prov. G.
hiksen
, G.
hinken
, to limp, hobble; or E.
hiccough
; or possibly akin to E.
hook
.]
1.
To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Atoms . . . which at length
hitched
together.
South.
2.
To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; – said of something obstructed or impeded.
Slides into verse, and
hitches
in a rhyme.
Pope.
To ease themselves . . . by
hitching
into another place.
Fuller.
2.
To move with hitches;
as, he
hitched
his chair nearer
.
To hitch up
.
(a)
To fasten up.
(b)
To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor hitches up his trousers.
(c)
To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, hitch up the gray mare.
[Colloq.]

Hitch

,
Noun.
1.
A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.
2.
The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.
3.
A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle;
as, a
hitch
in one’s progress or utterance; a
hitch
in the performance.
4.
A sudden movement or pull; a pull up;
as, the sailor gave his trousers a
hitch
.
5.
(Naut.)
A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; – intended for a temporary fastening;
as, a half
hitch
; a clove
hitch
; a timber
hitch
, etc.
6.
(Geol.)
A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hitch

HITCH

,
Verb.
T.
To hook; to catch by a hook; as, to hitch a bridle.
1.
To fasten by hitching; as, to hitch a horse by a bridle, or to hitch him to a post.

HITCH

,
Noun.
A catch; any thing that holds, as a hook; an impediment.
1.
The act of catching, as on a hook, &c.
2.
In seamen's language, a knot or noose in a rope for fastening it to a ring or other object; as a clove hitch; a timber hitch, &c.
3.
A stop or sudden halt in walking or moving.

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