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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. Ray.

own shell; a carrier shell. -- Mason wasp (Zoöl.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvæ

ndness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

Having but one brood in a season.

Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [Obs.]

A nestful; a brood; as, a nide of pheasants. [Obs.]

A brood or flock of pheasants.

Having two or more broods in a season.

Disposed to take prey. [Obs.] The preyful brood of savage beasts. Chapman.

by of. "Rid all the sea of pirates." Shak. In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. De Quincey.

which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood.

To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. Jer. xvii. 11.

A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls. The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Addison. Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.

y pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. O malignant and ill-brooding stars. Shak. Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. Addison.

llectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter. A team of ducklings about her. Holland.