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   Brood , n. [OE. brod, AS. brōd; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G. brut, and also to G. brühe broth, MHG. brüeje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf. Breed, v. t.]
   The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
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   As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
   Luke xiii. 34.
   
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   A hen followed by a brood of ducks.
   Spectator.
   
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   The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children.
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   The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
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   Flocks of the airy brood,
   (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).
   Chapman.
   
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   (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
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   To sit on brood, to ponder. [Poetic]
   Shak.
   
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   Brood, a.
   Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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   Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
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   Brood , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Brooding.]
   To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.
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   Birds of calm sir brooding on the charmed wave.
   Milton.
   
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   To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes.
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   Brooding on unprofitable gold.
   Dryden.
   
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   Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.
   Hawthorne.
   
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   When with downcast eyes we muse and brood.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Brood , v. t.
    To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
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   To cherish with care. [R.]
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   To think anxiously or moodily upon.
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   You'll sit and brood your sorrows on a throne.
   Dryden.
   
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