Broody: alternatives and connections

Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed…

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Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed…

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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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A name used in calling a hen or chicken.

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The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; as, the heath hen; the gray hen.

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of Brood

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Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

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Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood.

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of Muse

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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.

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of Ponder

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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

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Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

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One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

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