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To sit on brood

Brood \Brood\ (br[=oo]d), n. [OE. brod, AS. br[=o]d; akin to D. broed, OHG. bruot, G. brut, and also to G. br["u]he broth, MHG. br["u]eje, and perh. to E. brawn, breath. Cf. Breed, v. t.]

  1. The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

    As a hen doth gather her brood under her wings.
    --Luke xiii. 34.

    A hen followed by a brood of ducks.
    --Spectator.

  2. 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.

    The lion roars and gluts his tawny brood.
    --Wordsworth.

  3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

    Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans).
    --Chapman.

  4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

    To sit on brood, to ponder. [Poetic]
    --Shak.