BROOD

brood. Brood, v. to situpon eggs, sit over, hatch, muse

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Brood (bro͞od), 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.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
Flocks of the airy brood, (Cranes, geese or long-necked swans). Chapman. 4. 4. (Mining) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
To sit on brood, to ponder. Shak.