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A variety of enstatite, often having a bronzelike luster. It is a silicate of magnesia and iron, of the pyroxene family.
Like bronze.
An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting.
To adorn as with a brooch.
The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.
To think anxiously or moodily upon.
To cherish with care.
To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.
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.
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.
Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.
Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.
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.
Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
of Brood
of Brood
Inclined to brood.
To use; to enjoy.