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

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

Morose :: Morose (a.) Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts.

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

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

Clucking :: Clucking (n.) The noise or call of a brooding hen.

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..

Breed :: Breed (n.) A number produced at once; a brood.

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..

Incubate :: Incubate (v. i. & t.) To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching..

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To brood or sit on; to incubate.

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) The chickens produced at once or by one incubation; a brood.

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

Cove :: Cove (v. t.) To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs..

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

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

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.

Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..

Incubation :: Incubation (n.) A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process..

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