Covey: alternatives and connections

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting p…

A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.

A number produced at once; a brood.

Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy s…

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food

A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.

A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or m…

A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short w…

Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.

To contrive or plot; to form by meditation, and bring into being; to originate and produce; to concoct; as, to hatch mischief; to hatc…

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles,…