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Brood :: Brood (v. i.) 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..

Rood :: Rood (n.) A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.

Achroodextrin :: Achroodextrin (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.

Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..

Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.

Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..

Monogoneutic :: Monogoneutic (a.) Having but one brood in a season.

Arpen :: Arpen (n.) Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English..

Covey :: Covey (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges..

Jube :: Jube (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.

Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) 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..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..

Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..

Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..

Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..

Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.

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